Manassas Royal Arch Chapter #81 was chartered October 29, 1958 and holds its stated monthly convocations on the second Thursday of each month.
Royal Arch Masonry was practiced and taught in Virginia during much of the 18th century. The first documented evidence of the conferring of the Royal Arch Degree to be found in the world is in the minutes of Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia and bears the date of December 22, 1753. At that time the Royal Arch was certainly attached to the work of a regular Lodge, and the work
07/09/2021
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10/08/2020
It is with a profound sense of sadness that we report that Most Excellent Companion James Milton Scearce, Jr. was called to the Celestial Lodge above on October 7, 2020. Please keep his family in your prayers.
Most Worshipful Brother and Most Excellent Companion Jim served as Past Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons in Virginia in 2016, and served as Past Grand Master of Masons in Virginia in 2004.
From the Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons in Virginia:
To: All Companions Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Virginia
Re: Response to the Corona Virus (COVID-19) Outbreak
Companions:
After receiving the information from the Most Worshipful Grand Master, I concur and I also take the necessary steps for the safety of our Companions.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, all stated convocations are suspended until April 30th, 2020. I set aside Section 97 of the Digest of the Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Virginia. No further paperwork or dispensation is required.
If your meeting is tonight and it is not practical to cancel at the late hour, you may proceed.
Sincerely and fraternally,
Raymond D. Steele
Grand High Priest
Yay!!! Grand Chapter!
10/18/2019
From our dear Companion Paul Lockhart:
We are only $1,725 short of raising $15,000 between now and the end of Grand Chapter (Nov 21, 2019). Please talk with your neighbors, friends, relatives, co-workers and ask them to join us on the walk, or make a donation.
The link below will take you to our team. If you haven't done so, please join.
At the end of the walk, We will be heading across the street to Foster's Grill for lunch. There, they will add 20% of my ticket to helping to find a cure for Alzheimer's.
I hope to see you there.
Sincerely and Fraternally yours,
Paul Lockhart, PHP, PDDGHP
Royal Arch Masons 86's Walk to End Alzheimer's Team Page Royal Arch Masons 86 has joined the fight to end Alzheimer's. Donate today and help us reach our goal.
10/13/2019
On this day in 1307, King Philip IV of France, who was heavily indebted to the Knights Templar, ordered some 5,000 Templars arrested and their property seized.
The grand master of the order, Jacques de Molay, and several other high-ranking members. were imprisoned. The Templars were charged with heresy, worshiping false idols, so**my, and other crimes against the church. Many were tortured until they confessed to their "crimes."
Ultimately, the king, with the cooperation of the pope, ordered de Molay and a few top Templar officers executed.
Interestingly, prior to the ex*****on, a church inquisition found the Templars innocent of the charges and lifted their excommunication, but the records of the inquisition were "misfiled." After the documents were rediscovered in the Vatican Secret Archive by a researcher in 2001, the Roman church made public the information clearing the name and reputation of the Knights Templar.
Our Potomac Commandery No. 3, K.T., joins today in remembering the order which is the inspiration for the modern-day Masonic Knights Templar.
Photo: 19th century print. Reproduction in An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar, "The Interrogation of Jacques Demolay", James Wasserman.
09/28/2019
Five D. C. Masons were amongst 55 exalted as Royal Arch Masons this afternoon at the Multi-Jurisdictional York Rite Festival in Fredericksburg, Va. Pictured here are four of our new Royal Arch Masons with M. E. Byron Goodwin, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Virginia, who presided over the degree.
08/02/2019
Companions, your August Chronicle
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06/05/2019
Good times had and much merriment at the District 17 Table Chapter to end Alzheimer’s!
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