Welcome to Sinhala Service of Radio Veritas Asia

Sinhala Service is one of the oldest services of Radio Veritas Asia and was launched on 12th June, 1976.

It is with deep sense of gratitude that we place in record, the enormous contribution made by some prominent Sri Lankan Churchmen towards the growth and development of the Sinhala Service in particular and   Radio Veritas Asia in general.

·        Rev. Fr. Joe Nethesinghe who at the very inception of Radio Veritas Asia, namely, in January 1969 took charge of the Overseas Department of RVS under the supervision of the Philippine Radio Educational and Information Center, Inc., and got in touch with all the Episcopal Conferences of Asia and Australia to garner their support to firmly establish RVS.

·        Late Thomas Cardinal Cooray who on 11th of April, 1969 the day of Inauguration of RVS, was elected as one of the three members of PREIC representing the three Asian regions.

·        Rev. Fr. Anton Weerasinghe, SJ who was appointed the first Overseas Program Consultant for RVS, in December 1975, and is largely responsible for enhancing the quality of RVS's productions.

·        Rt. Rev. Dr. Bishop Oswald Gomis (Now the Archbishop of Colombo) who was elected the Chairman  of the Commission for Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, in 1971 at a time when the RVS emerged projecting a new kind of dynamics in shortwave communication. He was also an active member of Board of Directors of PREIC at that time. He is the only remaining pioneer of RVS today.

Our vision is that Christ is the Truth and our mission is, therefore, being true to our name "Veritas" (Truth) to spread the Gospel of Truth and its values in Sri Lanka. Since the launch of transmission of Programmes in Sinhala language in1976, the number of listeners  is augmented considerably and continues  to grow day by day. Many Sinhalese living not only in the "Paradise Island" – Sri Lanka, but also in the Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Maldives form our audience.

Out of nearly 20 million population of the island, Christians are only 7 percent. This minority Christian community is called to be the "salt of the earth and the light of the world" amidst their non-Christian brothers and sisters. Sinhala Service of Radio Veritas Asia as it transits various Christian programmes on daily and weekly basis, shares in this mission of spreading the Good News of love. We evangelise and catechise our listeners with programmes on the Word of God, Liturgical Celebrations, Meditations and direct preaching. Transcending the barriers of cast and creed RVA addresses even non-Christians especially Buddhists.  Buddhist Preaching (Bana) on Poya Days, is a programme appreciated by our Buddhists listeners. Our cultural programmes are so designed to promote true human values of compassion, kindness, tolerance, harmony, solidarity and love. We are unbiased, impartial and straightforward in our daily News Editions covering various subjects especially issues related to justice and peace in the political arena.

Being committed to our mandated task, we will continue to spread the Good News of Love and Truth of Jesus Christ binding together not only all the Sri Lankans in the Island but  also Sri Lankans all over Asia.