The Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests or Order of Holy Wisdom

The headquarters of the Order is in York from which it administers the Order in England, Scotland, Wales, parts of Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many other parts of the Commonwealth and South America. Within these countries the Order is divided into Districts which are numbered with a geographical designation in brackets, - thus District No. 5 (Kent).

The head of the Order within a District is the Grand Superintendent and he is assisted by a District Director of  Ceremonies and, possibly, a District Recorder, although in many Districts, as the secretarial role is light, the secretarial work is carried out by the District D.C. The "Lodges" are known as Tabernacles

The Order is a Christian Order and a candidate for membership must be a subscribing installed master in the Craft, a subscribing member of a Royal Arch Chapter and a Knight Templar. Most of the work within the Tabernacles during the course of a ceremony consists of readings from the Scriptures, with only two or three sentences to be learned and only the occupant of the chair, the Very Eminent High Priest and the Conductor (equivalent of the Senior Deacon) have much to learn.

Regalia consists of a white tunic (the same as a Knight Templar), a plain white mantle and a mitre.

There are six Tabernacles meeting within the area of the Masonic Province of East Kent.

26

Cantuar

4th Thursday March, 2nd Thursday September.    

Canterbury

54

Temple Manor

3rd Monday April and October

Howard Hall

Wigmore

71

Holywell
Last Wednesday in the 1st month, having 5 Wednesdays, of:

i) March, April and May and ii) September, October and November.

Installation: 1st Regular Meeting

Folkestone

86

St. Augustine
The first 5th Friday after the 1st March and the first 5th Friday after the 1st September

Ramsgate

136

Boxley Abbey
3rd Monday May, 1st Tuesday September and 1st Friday November

Tovil Hill

Maidstone

191

Powhatan
2nd Saturday April, September and November

Gravesend

Other Tabernacles in the Kent District meet at Bromley, Welling, and Wilmington.

For information about the Centres where meetings are held within the boundaries of the East Kent Craft Province and how to get there, see the ‘Centres' Map’

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