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COMMANDERY OFFICERS
Eminent Commander
Generalissimo
Captain General
Senior Warden
Junior Warden
Prelate
Treasurer
Secretary
Standard Bearer
Sword Bearer
Warder
Sentinel
Joseph A. Tufaro, PEC
Andrew Konsol, Jr., KYCH
David A. Rich, KYCH
James V. Parker, IV, KYCH
James C. Cunnigham
Robert K. Rhinehart, KYCH
Randal E. Davis, KYCH
Fred Kubli, Jr., HPC
Theodore P. Theodore
Adam C. Frantz
Raymond F. Bishop
David W. Rich

ORDERS OF THE COMMANDERY


Order Of Red Cross

Here we revert to the period of the Royal Arch Degree when the Jews were returning from Babylon to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. One of their number prevails upon King Darius to restore the Holy Vessels to the new Temple. They had been carried away by the Babylonian armies when the first Temple was destroyed. In presenting his plea before the King, The Companion gives a powerful testimony to the almighty force of Truth.


Order Of Malta

Shifting to the time of the Crusades, admission to the Mediterranean Pass is sought so that a safe pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre might be undertaken. This is a sublime and sacred Order, which culminates in the enrollment of the supplicant as a Knight of Malta


Order Of The Temple

No Degree or Order in Masonry is more solemn, impressive or soul-searching than the Order Of The Temple. It is a fitting climax to the labors of the humble penitent, who has faithfully performed the seven symbolic years of preparation for this consumation of his endeavors. He is knighted a Christian warrior.

Knights Templar were so named because of their close association with the site of the Temple during the years they occupied Jerusalem. The Ancient Order Of The Temple has been dispersed and its warlike spirit has passed away. There reamins, however, a spirit of refined and moral Chivalry, which prompts its members to be ever ready to defend the weak, the innocent, the helpless and the Oppressed.

The Order Of The Temple is often called the most beautiful of all Orders and Degrees of Masonry. No Mason, who is a beleiver in the Christian religion, should be satisfied until he has received this -- the capstone of the York Rite.

 
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