Mass celebrated at the ruins of St Lawrence, Melaka

Aug 02, 2019

MELAKA: After more than three centuries, Mass was celebrated again at the site of the ruins of an 18th century Portuguese chapel by Fr Lionel Thomas, the parish priest of the Church of St Peter.

Almost 400 faithful gathered to celebrate Mass at the ruins of Ermida de Rosario (Rosary Chapel in Portuguese) located along the Melaka River near Pengkalan Rama on Monday night, July 15.

The chapel was said to have been constructed in the late 1700s, on the original site of the ruins of the Church of St Lawrence which was built in the 1600s.

The Church of St Lawrence was either destroyed or allowed to fall into ruin during the first decade of the Dutch occupation of Malacca in 1641, and was subsequently taken over by St Peter’s Church.

The ruins are deemed a historical site by the state museum authorities. --The Star