Education
He has been a Chaplain to Saint John"s College, Jaffna and Church Missionary Society Ladies" College, Colombo Colombo and Dean of Post Ordination Training.
He has been a Chaplain to Saint John"s College, Jaffna and Church Missionary Society Ladies" College, Colombo Colombo and Dean of Post Ordination Training.
He was made a Deacon in 1965 and ordained as a priest in 1966. Known as Fr Sarva or Sarvananthan "Pothagar", he served in Bandarawela, Chilaw, Jaffna and Colombo. He was the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Content Management System schools.
He was also the Archdeacon of Jaffna from 1995 to 2001.
Finally he served as Priest in charge of Christ Church, Galle Face, before his untimely death after a brief illness. Father Sarvananthan faithfully served God and the Body of Christ for forty four years.
He had his primary and secondary education at Jaffna College, Vaddukottai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Degree at Divinity School Colombo, which is affiliated to Serampore College, India.
Furthermore he went to Château De Bossey in Geneva to do his Masters in Theology in 1986.
J Sarvananthan attended the Christian Conference of Asia, which convened in Malaysia in July and August 2004. His inner life and spirituality made him what he was – The Sunday Times 27 February 2011
Christian Perspectives – Daily News 3 March 2011
He touched and enriched our lives – The Sunday Times 6 March 2011
A dedicated man of God – Daily Mirror 15 March 2011.
