Serene Grand Orient of Greece
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The Serene Grand Lodge of Greece is a Masonic
.History
Serene Grand Lodge of Greece, 1815—1843
Freemasonry in Greece originated at the end of the 18th century on the
Treaty of Tilsit, the islands fell un der the First French Empire
and thus Freemasonry was revived again. Two lodges in Corfu were merged as Beneficenza-Filogenia Riunite.
The leader of this lodge, Count Dionisios Romas, was keen to establish recognition. First, on 21 November 1811, he applied to the
Augustus, Duke of Sussex, who was then the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, if he would become the Grand Master. Politically, Romas was hoping to get the British onside for the liberation of Greece from the Ottoman Empire (on the eve of the Greek War of Independence
).
References
- Freemasonry in Greece at Phoenix Masonry
- A Concise History of the Grand Lodge of Greece by Ioannis A. Souvaliotis
- The History of the Grand Lodge of Greece at Grand Lodge of Greece
- Η Ιστορία της Γαληνοτάτης Μεγάλης Ανατολής και σήμερα
