Lodge “Isotis” no. 10 in East. Piraeus
Date of establishment 13 October 1882
Date of awakening 9 November 1991
The Lodge meets every Thursday
Founders
(The names of the original founders were not preserved. Only the names of the 13 brothers who awakened the lodge in 1991 are known.)
Brief background
The story of St. “However, due to the loss of the archives of the Grand Lodge of Greece during the Second World War, it is very difficult to find information about the foundation and activity of the Lodge. The only information we have to date about the establishment and operation of the Lodge in 1882 is from the tectonic magazine “Pythagoras” of the same year.
In issue no. 5 / May 1882, of the magazine, it is stated under the heading “News” that ….. “In Piraeus, St. Isotis is still working. Initiations were made by many, and the election of the initiates is made after much deliberation”. In issue 6 / December 1882, under the title “Stoa Isotis in Piraeus, the speech of the then Major Dimitrios Rodokanakis is published with the title “On the inauguration of the foundation of St. Isotis”. ……. “. The lodge was finally put into inactivity in 1884 and was “awakened” after a long period of inactivity only in 1991 by an ad. of the lodge “Miaoulis” no. 42, Anat. Piraeus.
Since its “awakening” in 1991, St. presented an upward course of offerings in various categories of masonic work and was repeatedly honored by the Grand Lodge of Greece for its multifaceted charitable and social work. At the same time, since its reactivation until today, the lodge has made dozens of excursions in the Greek territory to strengthen relations between the brethren Part of the lodge’s activity has also been the organization of a significant number of open events, cultural visits, as well as its participation in every activity organized by the Council of the Grand Lodge of Greece.
In recent years St. “Isotis” has been active in promoting international relations with lodges abroad, in order to contribute to the strengthening of the relations and ties between Greek and foreign lodges, as well as to the strengthening of the relations of the Grand Lodge of Greece with the global lodge. community. In the context of this activity, in recent years trips have been made to Turkey, Austria, Romania, USA, Serbia, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
In the context of the above activity, in 2010 Stoa carried out joint work with St. “Pythagoras” No. 33 in East. Antwerp, which was founded in 1997 by Greek Masons resident in Belgium. The large delegation of the St. “Isotis” and other Lodges, headed by Endoct. In addition to the joint work for the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the Lodge of Greece, the delegation, with the participation of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Greece, Bro . “Pythagoras” had the opportunity to tour various parts of Belgium and visit the Free University of Brussels created by the Freemasons of Belgium. In the framework of the trip, Endoxt. With a small delegation of Greek teachers, he held a scheduled meeting at the office of the President of the European Commission, Mr. Barroso, with the European Commission Representative responsible for dialogue with humanist and religious organisations.
The highlight of the Lodge’s activity abroad was undoubtedly the visit in June 2011 to London where, in joint work with the English “Hellenic” Lodge No. 7270, St. “Isotis” held an initiation to the first degree of two young Greek Masons, according to the Greek rite. This ceremony was attended by a delegation of 45 members of the Lodge, while the number of Greek and English techs who attended this ceremony, which was held for the first time in an English Lodge, exceeded 300.
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