The Grand Master Of The National Grand Lodge Of Greece Most Worshipful Brother Ioannis Benetatos
38 Years of Growth Through Positive Thinking and Action
⚜ Origin
The Origin of the NGLG is fully Regular according the UGLE CONTITUTION , BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR GRAND LODGE RECOGNITION, September 4, 1929 , rule 1. “.. Regularity of origin; i.e. each Grand Lodge shall have been established lawfully by a duly recognized Grand Lodge or by three or more regularly constituted Lodges…”
On the 7 th of June 1986, six Lodges of the Grand Lodge of Greece decided to denounce that Grand Lodge due to continued irregularities, illegal disciplinary procedures and infringement to higher degree bodies. Those Lodges were “Palaion Patron Germanos”, “Acropolis”, “Parthenon”, “Omonoia”, “Miaoulis” and “Pistis”. The representatives of these six Lodges, all present, appointed by the latter, after declaring unanimously the definite exit from the aforementioned federation, founded the National Grand Lodge of Greece, voted its first Constitution, and elected its first Council and Grand Master, Stephanos Paipetis.
The inauguration ceremony was led by the late R.W.Bro. William R. J. Eve, Past Grand Deacon of the UGLE and first Deputy Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Greece in the city of Athens
⚜ Recognitions
88 Mutual Recognitions with Regular Grand Lodges around the world, most of which are recognized by the 3 Parent Lodges.
Mutual Recognition with Grand Lodge of Scotland and Grand Lodge of Ireland , the 2 of the 3 Mother Grand Lodges and mutual Recognition with UGLE the period 1993 – 1999.
NGLG participates to all important Regular Grand Lodge Conferences ( World , European GM and GSec and visitor to CMI )
60 Grand Lodges in amity with us , are members in CMI
⚜ Facts
35th European Grand Secretaries and Grand Chancellors Conference 2024
Grand Lodge Of Ireland, 24 Nov 2023
⚜ Message from the Grand Chancellor
The office of the Grand Chancellor was established on September 21, 2021, and R.W. Bro. D. Sk. has been serving as the third Grand Chancellor since May 20, 2023. The Grand Chancellor consistently fulfills his duties, including the management of external relations, participation in Grand Assemblies and Conferences, and the exchange of Grand Representatives, with strict adherence to the ancient landmarks as outlined in the Constitution (Rule 32). These duties pertain to the relations of the Grand Lodge with Regular Grand Lodges worldwide.
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In Medieval times stonemasons traveled the country looking for work. Most people didn’t read or write so they needed a way to prove that they had passed the rigorous apprenticeship to become a properly qualified craftsman. When you qualified as a master stonemason you were given special words and gestures that only another stonemason of that qualification would know. So, it is how your professional qualifications could be checked; a bit like a Medieval ‘chip and pin’ system.
Freemasonry borrows the traditions of stonemasons, so along with the tools and apron it adopted the idea of a symbolic handshake. The handshake, or ‘grip’ as a freemason would call it, varies with each of the three degrees. Just like with the qualification level of a stonemason, it allows you to confirm during the meeting that you’ve passed one or more of those ceremonial levels. The special handshake was very important in the past. If you were a freemason who travelled, you would want to prove you were really a member in a lodge. Today it is purely traditional and reminds freemasons of their symbolic link to those Medieval craftsmen every time they share it.
Brotherly Love, Relief and truth are traditions on which Freemasonry is founded, upon the building of King Solomon’s Temple. Masons are reminded at Lodge to “meet upon the level of equality, act by the plumb rule of uprightness, and part upon the square of virtue.” Freemasonry is not meant in any way to interfere with an individual’s commitment to his faith, family or occupation. Freemasonry is not and never can be a replacement for these important institutions; rather, that it reminds every Mason of himself, his family, community and a belief in a Supreme Architect (an individual’s own definition of a Supreme Being.)
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