Province of East Kent

The Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine and the Orders of the Holy Sepulchre and of St. John the Evangelist.

The Order is a Degree of Christian Knighthood and Candidates must be both Master Masons and Companions of the Royal Arch. At their Installation they learn of the miraculous victory of Constantine the Great over Emperor Maxentius and his subsequent conversion to Christianity. The Candidate then learns of the banner Constantine, adopted after his vision in the sky, after which they become Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine.

The Appendant Orders are conferred at a separate Divisional meeting. The first in a Sanctuary of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre refers to the discovery of the true cross by St Helena the mother of Constantine in the period between the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ. The second part of the Ceremony concerns a discovery of a book of singular importance and the formation of the Knights of St John the Evangelist at the time of the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate.

There are thirteen Conclaves meeting within the area of the Masonic Province of East Kent.

147

Pentangle
5th Fridays, except December. With 4 5th Fridays, no meeting in the 3rd quarter.
Enthronement: 2nd 5th Friday in calendar year.

Rochester

201

Durovernon
4th Tuesday, January, March and October, 3rd Tuesday, May

Dover

233

Christ Church
2nd Wednesday, May and February, 1st Wednesday, November

Canterbury

259

Ancient College Gateway
1st two 5th Tuesdays each year, 3rd Thursday, September

Tovil Hill

Maidstone

260

St. Eanswythe
4th Wednesday, January, April, June, October

Folkestone

271

Ebbsfleet
3rd Thursday, February and November, 1st Thursday, June

Ramsgate

279

St. Michael’s
4th Tuesday, May and October, 2nd Tuesday, July

Sittingbourne

325

Crane
4th Wednesday, March, 4th Thursday, May, 1st Thursday, October

Cranbrook

352

St. Sexburga
4th Tuesday, February, April and November

Sheerness

357

St. Mary in Ashford
2nd Thursday, January, 3rd Thursday, June, 1st Thursday, September

Ashford

392

Kent
2nd 5th Wednesday after 1st January, 1st Wednesday, December

Balmoral Rd

Gillingham

441

Byzantium
2nd Friday, December, 3rd Friday, January, 4th Friday, July

Balmoral Rd

Gillingham

462

Pocahontas
4th Friday, March, 3rd Friday, July, 2nd Friday, November

Gravesend

Other Conclaves in the Division of Kent meet at Welling, Sidcup, Wrotham and Sevenoaks

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

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