After serving at various churches , the Bishop of Jaffna appointed him in December 2003 as Assistant Parish Priest to St. Peter 's church in Mullaitheevu . This was one of the churches destroyed in December 26 , 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami . Father Sara lost around 70 of his parishioners , and all his belongings in this tsunami . He would not have thought that he would come back to this region , another day , to die with his people in war
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Mariampillai Sarathjeevan