Grand Orient of Belgium
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The Grand Orient of Belgium (French Grand Orient de Belgique, Dutch: Grootoosten van Belgie G.O.B.) is a Belgian cupola of masonic lodges which is only accessible for men, and works in the basic three symbolic degrees of freemasonry.
[edit] History
The Grand Orient of Belgium was founded in 1833, three years after the independence of Belgium. In 1959 five lodges of the Grand Orient of Belgium founded the Grand Lodge of Belgium in order to regain recognition by the United Grand Lodge of England, which had been lost in the 19th century. In 1989, the Grand Orient of Belgium, the Grand Lodge of Belgium, the Women's Grand Lodge Of Belgium and the Belgian Federation of Le Droit Humain signed an agreement of mutual recognition.
[edit] See also
- Grand Lodge
- Grand Lodge of Belgium
- Women's Grand Lodge Of Belgium
- Regular Grand Loge of Belgium
- Belgian Federation of Le Droit Humain
- The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm (Belgium)
- Grand Orient de France
- CLIPSAS
- International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers
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