Grand Lodge of Russia

Grand Lodge of Russia
Constituted 24 June 1995
Location Moscow
Russia
Website Grand Lodge of Russia
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The Grand Lodge of Russia (GLoR) (Russian: Великая ложа России) is the Regular Masonic jurisdiction for Russia. The Grand Lodge was established on 24 June 1995. It was the first national grand lodge to be created in the country since the closure of the original Russian grand lodges in 1822, when Freemasonry was banned.

The Grand Lodge of Russia has jurisdiction across the entire nation, and enjoys mutual recognition with most of the regular Grand Lodges worldwide, including the three senior or "home" Grand Lodges, namely the United Grand Lodge of England (recognition in 1996), the Grand Lodge of Ireland, and the Grand Lodge of Scotland; more than 100 other Grand Lodges in the world also exchange recognition.[1][2][3]

In July 2016 the GLoR reported over 1,000 members, in more than 35 Lodges nationwide. The current Grand Master of the GLoR is Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov.[4]

History

The re-introduction of Freemasonry into Russia began in the early 1990s. In 1992 and 1993 the Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF) consecrated four lodges: Harmony Lodge (Moscow), Lotus Lodge (Moscow), New Astrea Lodge (St. Petersburg), and Gamayun Lodge (Voronezh).[5]

Harmony Lodge was established on 14 January 1992 in Paris.[6] The lodge then relocated to Moscow. Subsequently, New Astrea Lodge was established on St John's Day, 24 June 1993, in St. Petersburg. The Voronezh-based Gamayun Lodge was established on 24 June 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lotus Lodge was established on 12 October 1993 in Moscow.[7]

These four lodges became the founders of the Grand Lodge of Russia on St John's Day, 24 June 1995, in a consecration ceremony performed in Moscow. The consecration was performed by the GLNF, with the support of other regular masonic authorities, including the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), who extended official recognition to the new Russian body within its first year of operation. The first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia was Georgiy Dergachev.

Jurisdiction

The GLoR currently has lodges in cities across Russia and in some neighbouring states, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Voronezh, Saransk, Krasnodar, Sochi, Magnitogorsk, Perm, Minsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk.

In some cities, such as St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, two lodges operate. Some single-lodge cities are planning expansion to a second lodge. In Moscow there are currently 16 active lodges.[8]

In early 2013 the Caucasus District of the GLoR was established, which consisted of two lodges, one in Georgia and one in Abkhazia. On 14 March 2015 the Caucasus District, with headquarters in Tbilisi, was consecrated as an independent Grand Lodge of Georgia.[9] The ceremony was performed by the Grand Lodge of Russia.

On 12 November 2016, the GLoR lodges in Kazakhstan (Alikhan Bukeikhanov Lodge, Almaty; Light of the East Lodge, Almaty; and United Nomadic Brothers Lodge, Almaty (English Speaking)) were formed into the independent Grand Lodge of Kazakhstan.[10] The new Grand Lodges of Georgia and Kazakhstan have not yet met with international recognition.

Twentieth anniversary

On 4 July 2015 the GLoR celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a special Assembly of the Grand Lodge. Delegations attended from more than thirty foreign Grand Lodges. Celebratory honours were awarded to members of the Grand Lodge of Russia who had made a significant contribution to the GLoR during the previous year. In a speech, the Grand Master Andrei Bogdanov announced further planned development of the GLoR in all federal districts of Russia, and especially in the Far East regions; additionally, the Grand Master announced plans for participation in the further development of Freemasonry in Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan.[11]

Constituent Lodges

  • #1 Harmony Lodge, Moscow
  • #2 Lotus Lodge, Moscow
  • #3 Astrea Lodge, St. Petersburg
  • #4 Gamayun Lodge, Voronezh
  • #5 Aurora Lodge, Moscow (English language)
  • #6 Pole Star Lodge, Moscow
  • #7 Jupiter Lodge, Moscow
  • #8 Quatuor Coronati Lodge, Moscow (research lodge)
  • #9 Northern Lights Lodge, Moscow
  • #10 Brotherly Love Lodge, Moscow (amalgamated with #2)
  • #11 Alexander Pushkin Lodge, Moscow
  • #15 Orion Lodge, Moscow
  • #16 Phoenix Lodge, Moscow
  • #22 Three Crowns Lodge, Kaliningrad
  • #23 Alpha and Omega Lodge, Minsk, Belarus
  • #25 White Knight Lodge, Minsk, Belarus
  • #27 Citadel Lodge, Moscow
  • #29 Acacia Lodge, Sochi
  • #30 Forepost Lodge, Magnitogorsk
  • #31 Stone Belt Lodge, Yekaterinburg
  • #32 France Lodge, Moscow
  • #33 Muse Lodge, St. Petersburg
  • #34 Completely Agree Lodge, Moscow (French language)
  • #35 Delta Lodge, Krasnodar
  • #36 Fyodor Ushakov Lodge, Saransk
  • #37 Clio Lodge, Moscow
  • #38 Two Eagles Lodge, Minsk, Belarus
  • #40 Leon the Great Lodge, Sukhumi, Abkhazia
  • #42 Araragat Lodge, Moscow (Armenian language)
  • #43 Pavel Pavlovich Demidov Lodge, Yekaterinburg
  • #44 Golden Key Lodge, Perm
  • #45 Aleksander Griboyedov Lodge, St. Petersburg
  • #46 Skull and Cross Lodge, Nizhny Novgorod
  • #47 Brotherly Chain Lodge, Chelyabinsk
  • #49 Giuseppe Garibaldi Lodge, Moscow
  • #50 Shipka Lodge, Moscow (Bulgarian language)
  • #53 Konkordia Lodge, Shakhty
  • #54 Rising Sun Lodge, Kazan

Rites

The lodges of the GLoR work a variety of different Masonic rites, including:

Additionally, from 2006 to 2010 the Holy Grail Lodge worked the Zinnendorf Rite of Freemasonry, rarely witnessed outside Scandinavia. This Lodge has since closed.

Royal Arch

In September 2010 Grand Master Andrei Bogdanov was admitted to the Holy Royal Arch in the Royal Somerset House & Inverness Chapter meeting in London, England. He subsequently began establishing Royal Arch Freemasonry in Russia.[12] A number of prominent members of the GLoR have joined the Royal Arch in London, under the auspices of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). St. Cecilia Chapter № 6190 now operates in Moscow, under the supervision of the UGLE's own Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Сергей Карпачев. Масоны. Словарь. Великое искусство каменщиков. — М.: «АСТ: Олимп», 2008. — с. 82. — ISBN 978-5-17-051409-0
  2. ↑ Признается большинством регулярных ВЛ Европы, см. Сергей Карпачев. Масоны. Словарь. Великое искусство каменщиков. — М.: «АСТ: Олимп», 2008. — с. 82. — ISBN 978-5-17-051409-0.
  3. ↑ http://www.recognitioncommission.org/2009/05/14/2009-commission-report/
  4. ↑ http://www.recognitioncommission.org/2009/05/14/2009-commission-report/
  5. ↑ Сергей Карпачев. Масоны. Словарь. Великое искусство каменщиков. — М.: «АСТ: Олимп», 2008. — с. 82. — ISBN 978-5-17-051409-0
  6. ↑ Сергей Карпачев. Масоны. Словарь. Великое искусство каменщиков. — М.: «АСТ: Олимп», 2008 — ISBN 978-5-17-051409-0
  7. ↑ Сергей Карпачев. Масоны. Словарь. Великое искусство каменщиков. — М.: «АСТ: Олимп», 2008. — с. 82. — ISBN 978-5-17-051409-0
  8. ↑ С. П. Карпачёв «Искусство вольных каменщиков», «ИПК Парето-Принт», 2015 год, 475 стр. 2000 экз. ISBN 978-5-990-54931-9
  9. ↑ http://masonicpressagency.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/it-was-founded-grand-lodge-of-georgia.html
  10. ↑ В Казахстане создана Великая ложа
  11. ↑ http://vk.com/away.php?to=http%3A%2F%2Fv-kurse.ru%2Fnews%2Flife%2Fpermyak_voshel_v_rukovodstvo_velikoy_masonskoy_lozhi_935086%2F&post=-3757035_7936
  12. ↑ "History of the Chapter". Royal Somerset House & Inverness Chapter. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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