Ini Kopuria (died June 1945) was a police officer from
Maravovo
Maravovo (or alternatively Marovovo) is a village on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. It is located by road northwest of Honiara. Mangakiki is in close proximity to Maravovo. The population is reportedly entirely Anglican.
On ...
,
Guadalcanal,
Solomon Islands
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who founded the
Melanesian Brotherhood
The Melanesian Brotherhood is an Anglican religious community of men in simple vows based primarily in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea.
History
The Melanesian Brotherhood was formed in 1925 by Ini Kopuria, a policeman from M ...
in 1925. He and the
Bishop of Melanesia, the Right Reverend
John Manwaring Steward, realised Ini's dream by forming a band of brothers (known in the
Mota language as 'Ira Reta Tasiu') to take the
Gospel
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of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
to the non-Christian areas of
Melanesia
Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea.
The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...
.
The
Anglican Church of Melanesia
The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM), also known as the Church of the Province of Melanesia and the Church of Melanesia (COM), is a church of the Anglican Communion and includes nine dioceses in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledoni ...
and
Church of England
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commemorate Kopuria on their
calendars of saints.
Ini is
remembered in the
Church of England
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with a
commemoration
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*Commemoration (Anglicanism), a religious observance in Churches of the Anglican Communion
*Commemoration (liturgy)
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on
6 June
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
.
See also
*
Calendar of saints (Church of England)
The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post-Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a part ...
References
External Links
Material by and about the Melanesian Brotherhoodfrom
Project CanterburyThe Brothers: The Story of the Native Brotherhood of Melanesia, by Margaret Lycett1935 account.
Solomon Islands Anglican missionaries
Members of Anglican religious orders
1945 deaths
20th-century Anglican deacons
Anglican saints
Year of birth missing
Solomon Islands police officers
Anglican missionaries in the Solomon Islands
People from Guadalcanal Province
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