Promoting the Fraternity across the World
By Stephen Dafoe The following article, part one in a series on Templar Battles, is adopted from Stephen Dafoe’s book Nobly Born: An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar, published by Lewis Masonic. A year before the Christian loss of Jerusalem in 1187, there was a difference of opinion between the Knights Templar and Hospitallers … Read more
ST. Kenelm Lodge, No. 6082 – ‘Knights Templar Presentation’ The regular meeting on the 19th April of St Kenelm Lodge was certainly different, if not unique in the Province. On that evening, following the formal closing of the Lodge, seven members who are also members of the ‘United Orders’ (i.e. Knights Templar), including the immediate … Read more
The BBC website on Friday posted a pictorial tour of the Temple area of London that once belonged to the Knights Templar. Yes, the famous round Temple Church is there with its stone effigies of several Knights. But there is much more to this secluded area that lies hidden away in the heart of the … Read more
The Seige of Ascalon – 1153 By Stephen Dafoe Excerpted from the book Nobly Born: An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar On 25 January 1153 the Commander of the City of Jerusalem, along with the ten knights under his command, was guarding the True Cross as an army of Templars, Hospitallers, seculars and ecclesiastics … Read more
