http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:35:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stated Meetings Jan 11, Royal Arch Feb 8, Cryptic Council Mar 8, Commandary Apr 12, Royal Arch May 10, Cryptic Council Jun 14, Commandary Sep 13, Royal Arch Oct 11, Cyptic Council Nov 8, Commandary (Elections) Dec 13, Commandary Special Meetings Grand York Rite Sessions: May 11-13 Spring Festival: Mar 4 (Ogden), Mar 11 (SLC) Easter Sunday Observance: April 16 Acension Sunday: TBD Grand Visiation: TBD Christmas ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/2006-calendar/ Complete Your Journey… Entering upon the York Rite starts with the Capitular Degrees of the Holy Royal Arch, although in joining the York Rite, one may elect to receive only the Capitular Degrees and not the Council Degrees or Orders of the Commandery; however, completion of the Capitular and Cryptic Degrees ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/joining-the-york-rite/ The York Rite is a confederation of degree systems consisting of the Royal Arch Chapter, Cryptic Rite Council, and the Commandery of Knights Templar. As practiced in Utah, it is sometimes referred to as the American Rite of Masonry. While most of the degrees of the Ritual were nurtured in ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/about-the-york-rite/ This page is currently under going maintenance. http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/2008-officers/ Most Masons coming to Templarly are accustomed to recieving Degrees, a Commandery of Knights Templar however confers Order. Illustrious Order of the Red Cross Order of Malta Order of the Temple http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-orders-of-the-knights-templar/ Once considered the most important Degrees in the early years of Freemasonry and so dogmatic was the Mother Grand Lodge - from which all Speculative Masonry derives - that in 1813, when the two grand lodges in England united, a firm and solemn landmark was adopted and placed in the ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-royal-arch-degrees/ No rite of Freemasonry has come into its own so much as the series of degrees known as the Cryptic Rite, also known as the Cryptic Masons. Its popularity is well deserved for there are no more beautiful or meaningful degrees in all Freemasonry that those conferred in the ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/cryptic-rite/ The degrees of the York Rite are classified as Symbolic (Lodge of Master Masons). Capitular (Chapter of Royal Arch Masons), Cryptic (Council of Cryptic Masons), and Chivalric (Commander of Knights Templar). The Capitular Degrees derive their name from the title of a meeting of Royal Arch Masons - a Chapter. ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-word-capitular/ In 1099 Jerusalem fell to Crusading Armies, resulting in mass pilgrimages of Europeans to Holy Land in the near East. Men, women and children pressed forward on their pilgrimage to the sacred city only to find that although Jerusalem was in Christian hands, the Moslems still controlled Palestine. The highways ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/origin-of-the-knights-templar/ Royal Master This is the first degree of the Cryptic Rite as conferred in the United States of America. Candidates who receive the degree are impressed with its dignified ritual and relevant teachings. It contains one section which is generally regarded as an outstanding display of symbolism and content of philosophy. ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-cryptic-degress/