Grand Lodge of Russia

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Constituted 24 June 1995 Website Grand Lodge of Russia		Location Moscow Russia

Grand Lodge of Russia (GLoR) (Russian: Великая ложа России) - regular masonic Grand Lodge in Russia. The Grand Lodge of Russia was established on June 24, 1995. It became the first national grand lodge created after the closure of the grand lodges in 1822.

The Grand Lodge of Russia is an integral part of most of the represented Masonic bodies in the world - the regular Freemasonry has mutual recognition with the United Grand Lodge of England (1996) and more than 90 Grand Lodges in the world.

History

In 1992 and 1993, on the territory of Russia, the Grande Loge Nationale Française, created the lodge: "Harmony" (Moscow), "Lotus" (Moscow), "New Astrea" (St. Petersburg), "Gamayun" (Voronezh).

Lodge "Harmony" was established on January 14, 1992 in Paris. This Lodge was created through the regularization of brothers from the lodge "Astrea» № 100 GNLF.

Lodge "New Astrea" was established on June 24, 1993 in St. Petersburg.

The Voronezh based lodge "Gamayun" was established on June 24, 1993 in St. Petersburg.

Lodge "Lotus “ was established on October 12, 1993 in Moscow.

The Grand Lodge of Russia was established 24 June 1995 in Moscow. The founders of the Grand Lodge of Russia are made up by the Grande Loge Nationale Française and the four lodges previously created on the territory of Russia ("Harmony", "Lotus", "Astrea", "Gamayun"). The first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia, through election, was Georgiy Dergachev.

On the 2nd of July 2016, the GLoR counted 1,000 freemasons united over 36 Lodges. The current Grand Master of the GLoR is Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov.

Lodges

#1 "Harmony", Moscow;

#2/10 "Lotus"/"Brotherly Love", Moscow;

#3 "Astrea", St. Petersburg;

#4 "Gamayun", Voronezh;

#5 "Aurora", Moscow (English Speaking);

#7 "Jupiter", Moscow;

#8 "Quatuor Coronati", Moscow (research lodge);

#9 "Northern Lights", Moscow;

#11 "Alexander Pushkin", Moscow;

#15 "Orion", Moscow;

#16 "Phoenix", Moscow;

#22 "Three crowns", Kaliningrad;

#23 "Alpha and Omega", Minsk (Belarusian lodge);

#25 "White Knight", Minsk (Belarusian lodge);

#27 "Citadel", Moscow;

#29 "Acacia", Sochi;

#30 "Forepost", Magnitogorsk;

#31 "Stone Belt", Yekaterinburg;

#32 "France", Moscow;

#33 "Muse", St. Petersburg;

#34 "Сompletely Аgree", Moscow (Francophone lodge);

#35 "Delta", Krasnodar;

#36 "Fyodor Ushakov", Saransk;

#37 "Clio", Moscow;

#38 "Two eagle", Minsk (Belarusian lodge);

#40 "Leon the Great", Sukhumi (Abkhaz Lodge);

#42 "Araragat", Moscow (Armenian Lodge);

#43 "Pavel Pavlovich Demidov", Yekaterinburg;

#44 "Golden Key", Perm;

#45 "Aleksander Griboyedov", St. Petersburg;

#46 "Skull and Cross", Nizhny Novgorod;

#47 "Brotherly Chain", Chelyabinsk;

#49 "Giuseppe Garibaldi", Moscow;

#50 "Shipka", Moscow (Bulgarian Lodge);

#53 "Konkordia", Shakhty;

#54 "Rising Sun", Kazan.

The jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Russia

Currently there are lodges in the following cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Voronezh, Saransk, Krasnodar, Sochi, Magnitogorsk, Perm, Minsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk.

In some cities, two lodges are open or planned to open the additional lodges. There are two lodges in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. In Moscow, there are currently 16 lodges active.

Also, in early 2013 the "Caucasus" District of the GLoR was established, which consisted of two lodges, one in Georgia and one Abkhazia. On March 14, 2015 the District "Caucasus" with the direct participation of the Grand Lodge of Russia, in the east of Tbilisi, was established the Grand Lodge of Georgia.

November 12, 2016, of the lodges previously created in Kazakhstan Grand Lodge of Russia ("Alikhan Bukeikhanov", (Alma-Ata), "Light of the East" (Alma-Ata), «United Nomadic Brothers» (Alma-Ata, English Speaking)), was installed Grand Lodge of Kazakhstan.

The XX anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Russia

July 4, 2015 saw the 20th anniversary Assembly of the Grand Lodge of Russia. At the assembly there were about 300 Masons. The Assembly was host to 30 foreign delegations of fraternal Grand Lodges. In a festive atmosphere, those brothers of the Grand Lodge of Russia, who made a significant contribution to the GLoR for the previous Masonic year were awarded. In a speech the Grand Master Andrei Bogdanov announced further development of the GLoR in all federal districts of Russia and especially of the Far East regions, additionally, the Grand Master announced participation in the development of Freemasonry in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.