The National Grand Lodge of Romania received formal recognition from U.G.L.E (Mar 13, 2008)

Mar 13, 2008 (Romania Report)

During its quarterly meeting yesterday (Mar 12, 2008), following the counsel submitted by the Board of General Purposes earlier this year (on Feb 12), the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) decided to grant the formal recognition to the National Grand Lodge of Romania (M.L.N.R.) -- as the country’s regular Freemasonic body.

The United Grand Lodge of England (“the Mother Grand Lodge of the World”) emerged back in 1717, in London. Since 1967, His Royal Highness Duke of Kent is leading U.G.L.E. as Grand Master.

The U.G.L.E’s recognition of M.L.N.R. – the most prominent worldwide as of the Masonic regularity point of view – is to be ad to more than 120 international recognitions that M.L.N.R. received already (US, Italy, Canada, Australia, Israel, France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Luxembourg, etc).

During its 128 years of existence, M.L.N.R. partially enjoyed the U.G.L.E. recognition between 1930 and 1934 only (mainly due to the outstanding efforts of the then Romanian Grand Master, Prince George Valentin Bibescu).

The National Grand Lodge of Romania (M.L.N.R.) started working on Sep 8, 1880 and issued its Constitutions on Nov 5, the same year. In 1948, the Communists banned all Freemasonic activities in Romania and M.L.N.R. resumed its works since 1993, under the successive leadership of the Past Grand Masters Nicolae Filip, Adrian Dohotaru, Sever Frentiu, and Gheoghe Comanescu. Since 2003, the Grand Master of M.L.N.R. is Bro. Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici.



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