{"id":112,"date":"2024-11-18T23:10:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T23:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:24:39","slug":"grand-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/grand-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"The Grand Master Of The National Grand Lodge Of Greece Most Worshipful Brother Ioannis Benetatos<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n38 Years of Growth Through Positive Thinking and Action\n\n\n

\u269c Origin<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Origin of the NGLG is fully Regular according the UGLE CONTITUTION , BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR GRAND LODGE RECOGNITION, September 4, 1929 , rule 1. \u201c.. 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\u2026\u201d <\/strong>\n

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 \u201cPalaion Patron Germanos\u201d, \u201cAcropolis\u201d, \u201cParthenon\u201d, \u201cOmonoia\u201d, \u201cMiaoulis\u201d and \u201cPistis\u201d. 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.
<\/br>\n\nThe 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u269c Recognitions <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/i> 88 Mutual Recognitions with Regular Grand Lodges around the world, most of which are recognized by the 3 Parent Lodges.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\n\n\n\n\nMutual Recognition with the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland, 2 of the 3 Mother Grand Lodges, and Mutual Recognition with the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) during the period 1993-1999.\n\n\n\n\nThe National Grand Lodge of Greece (NGLG) participates in all major Conferences of Regular Grand Lodges\n(World, European Grand Masters and General Secretaries Conferences, and as a guest at the CMI).\n\n\n\n\n60 Grand Lodges in fraternal relationship with us are members of the CMI.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u269c Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

  • NGLG is the only Grand Lodge in Greece with continuous regularity since its establishment and never had withdrawn recognition for irregular behaviour.<\/span> <\/h4> <\/li> <\/ul>\n

    • It's an honor that the regularity is confirmed and accepted by the 3 Mother Grand Lodges:<\/span> <\/h4> <\/li> <\/ul>

      UGLE & Grand Lodge of Scotland & Grand Lodge of Ireland<\/span> <\/h4>\n

      • The Grand Lodge of Scotland welcomed over 60 delegates from 41 different Grand Lodges to the 35th European Grand Secretaries and Grand Chancellors Conference at 11 and 12 October 2024.

        They met to discuss \u201cThe Importance of Freemasonry in the Modern World,\u201d and the Grand Chancellor of the National Grand Lodge of Greece spoke on \u201cEmbracing the Wisdom of Our Elders.\u201d <\/span> <\/h4> <\/li> <\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

        \n \n 35th European Grand Secretaries and Grand Chancellors Conference 2024\n <\/span>\n
        \n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

        \n \n Grand Lodge Of Ireland, 24 Nov 2023\n <\/span>\n
        \n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

        \u269c Message from the Grand Chancellor<\/h2>\n\n\nThe 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.\n

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        \u269c <\/h3>\n\n\nIn Medieval times stonemasons traveled the country looking for work. Most people didn\u2019t 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 \u2018chip and pin\u2019 system.<\/em>\n\n\n\n\nFreemasonry borrows the traditions of stonemasons, so along with the tools and apron it adopted the idea of a symbolic handshake. The handshake, or \u2018grip\u2019 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\u2019ve 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.<\/em>\n\n\n\n\nBrotherly Love, Relief and truth are traditions on which Freemasonry is founded, upon the building of King Solomon\u2019s Temple. Masons are reminded at Lodge to \u201cmeet upon the level of equality, act by the plumb rule of uprightness, and part upon the square of virtue.\u201d Freemasonry is not meant in any way to interfere with an individual\u2019s 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\u2019s own definition of a Supreme Being.)<\/em>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
        CMI Visitor<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
        World Conference Participation<\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8090,"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/8090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nglgreece.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}