What is Christianity in Sri Lanka?
'''[[Christianity]]''' is a small religion [[Sri Lanka|in Sri Lanka]]. People think that Christianity came to Sri Lanka, which is close to India, when Christianity came to [[India]] in 52 AD. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Christianity entered the South Asian region through India|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/04/22/fea32.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018205907/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/04/22/fea32.asp|archive-date=2012-10-18|access-date=2012-09-07}}</ref> Christian traders came to in Sri Lanka in 500AD and created a church.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christmas in ancient Sri Lanka|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/12/20/spe12.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105707/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/12/20/spe12.asp|archive-date=2015-04-02|access-date=2012-09-07}}</ref><ref>[http://sundaytimes.lk/110626/Plus/plus_07.html Did Christianity exist in ancient Sri Lanka?]</ref> Roman Catholicism came to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese in 1505. People were converted [[Holland|by the Dutch]] people in the 17th century. Christians increased by 10% of the population. This number has fallen after Dutch people left. Christians in Sri Lanka are from Tamil, Sinhalese and Parangi groups. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Sri Lankan culture]]