Montefano, St. Sylvester's Monastery. Ampitiya, Kandy. i Ampitiya

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  Neil Dias

  :: 03 February 2018 16:20:01

  Calm and quit holy monestry

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  ashane don

  :: 22 June 2017 19:54:05

  Lovely place

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  dilani abeysekara

  :: 04 October 2016 21:13:55

  Peaceful location

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  Gordon John

  :: 18 May 2015 11:52:11

  Montefano is loacated at a covenient yet a peacefull location close to the kandy city, it's an a Benedictine monastry which is the main controlling point of the order too, main attraction at Montefano is the Holy Shroud Chapel, This was the only location where untill recnt, a copy of the holy shroud is displyed in sri lanka.

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  a monk from Monte Fano

  :: 13 October 2014 11:34:38

  “Benedict wooed the mountains, Sylvester loved the woods” Would it then be surprising that way back in 1927, exactly seventy five years ago, the sons of Saints Benedict and Sylvester, led by their Superior Major, Very Rev.Fr. D Bonfilius Galassi OSB, who was also the Vicar General of the Kandy Diocese, chose to move into surroundings which would have gladdened the monastic hearts of both St. Benedict and St. Sylvester. The purchase of this land was no easy affair. However, with the help of God and the assistance of the then Ordinary of Kandy, Bishop Bede Beekmeyer, himself an eminent son of St. Sylvester, who took a keen interest in the affairs of the congregation, the Superior Major was able to purchase a secluded “Walauwa” and gradually move in with his small cenobitic band. Situated on the outskirts of Kandy, in a typical rural setting, Monte Fano, the Mother House of the Sylvestro-Benedictines of Sri Lanka, stands in perfect harmony with its surroundings. Simple, yet majestic in appearance, it does lend enchantment to the landscape. Its remoteness from the city provides the seclusion and peace necessary for prayer and study, which the monks seek and its salubrious climate and fertile soil keep the inmates healthy and vigorous. Visitors to the monastery have found the atmosphere awe-inspiring, but to the monks, it is their home on earth, in which is found a truly fraternal spirit and the near hundredfold, which Christ promised to those who, having left their homesteads and their possessions chose to follow Him in a life of dedicated service. The House was blessed on the 25th November 1927, by the Prior Major, and the next day, which happened to be the feast of the Founder of the Sylvestro-Benedictines, St. Sylvester Guzzolini, Fr. D. Hildebrand Van Reyk OSB, the Master of Novices celebrated Holy Mass for the first time and brought into being “Monte Fano”, a haven for the sons of St. Sylvester. Today Monte Fano stands as the Mother House in Sri Lanka of the Sylvestro Benedictine Monks of the Order of St. Benedict, a Religious Order in the Roman Catholic Church.