Ini Kopuria a police officer from Maravovo, Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...

, Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

 formed the Melanesian Brotherhood

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 :...

 in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, the Right Reverend John Manwaring Steward

John Manwaring Steward

John Manwaring Steward was the fifth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, serving from 1919 to 1928. From 1924 he was assisted by Frederick M. Molyneux as assistant bishop. He was the son of Charles Edward Steward, also an Anglican priest. J.M...

, realised Ini's dream by forming a band of brothers (known in the Mota language

Mota language

-External links:* in Mota* from Project Canterbury*...

 as 'Ira Reta Tasiu') to take the Gospel

Gospel

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 of Jesus Christ to the non-Christian areas of Melanesia

Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...

. He is commemorated in the calendars of saints

Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the feast day of said saint...

 of the Church of the Province of Melanesia

Church of the Province of Melanesia

The Church of the Province of Melanesia is part of the Anglican Communion, and includes 8 dioceses. The Primate of the Church is the Archbishop of Melanesia The Most Rev'd David Vunagi.- Official name :...

, of the Church of England

Church of England

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, and of the Episcopal Church (USA).

See also

• Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia)
  Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia)
  The calendar of saints and commemorations in the Church of the Province of Melanesia is a continually developing list. Both old and new, universal and local saints and worthies are celebrated....
  
  
• Calendar of saints (Church of England)
  Calendar of saints (Church of England)
  The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on those of English origin...