Tumsisiro

Tumsisiro is community located near

Saratamata Saratamata is the capital of Penama Province of the island country of Vanuatu.Saratamata ca. 150 m

on east
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,
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Node: Tumsisiro (6336820540)
''OpenStreetMap'' and is the headquarters of the Southern Region of 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 ...
, an
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religious community.

History
As regional headquarters, Tumsisiro is home to the offices of the Regional Head Brother, the Section Elder Brother, and the Elder Brother. Tumsisro is also home to a
Novitiate The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian ''novice'' (or ''prospective'') monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether ...
for the Melanesian Brotherhood, with novices from both Banks and Torres and the rest of Vanuatu coming here for training. Tumsisiro is located near a coral beach, and facilities include novice classrooms, a small shop, and a bakery. It has a limited supply of running water, a telephone, and electricity during the first part of the evening. The centre of the community's life is the Saint Mark's Chapel, and Saint Simon and Saint Jude Square. The
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(Mass) and Offices from the
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and the Brothers' Office book are offered daily. Tumisiro is the site of one of the largest Sunday Schools in Vanuatu, with children of every denomination coming for instruction. Important days are
Saint Mark Mark the Evangelist ( Koinē Greek: Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Mârkos''), also known as John Mark ( Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Iōánnēs Mârkos;'' Aramaic'': ܝܘܚܢܢ, romanized: Yōḥannān'') or Saint Ma ...
's Day (25 April),
Ini Kopuria Ini Kopuria (died June 1945) was a Solomon Islands police officer who founded the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, John Manwaring Steward, formed a band of brothers (known in the Mota language as ''Ira Reta Tasiu'') ...
Day (6 June), and Saint Simon and
Saint Jude Jude the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is generally identified as Tha ...
Day (28 October).

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Ambae, Vanuatu
Anglicanism in Vanuatu Populated places in Vanuatu Penama Province {{Vanuatu-geo-stub