Grand Orient of Poland


The Grand Orient of Poland is a Masonic grand lodge in Poland. It is a member of the European Masonic Association, in the continental or liberal branch of Freemasonry.
Grand Orient of Poland was established on February 26, 1784 on the basis of a patent granted by the Grand Orient of France. In its first phase of his functioning, it was active until the beginning of the 19th century, when Freemasonry in the Polish lands occupied by The Russian Empire at that time was forbidden by the Russian Tsar.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were attempts to revive it by two progressive lodges of the Grand Orient of France operating in eastern Poland, but Grand Orient of France actually did it only in 1990 when its Lodge Victor Schoelcher set up the Polish Lodge "Liberty Restored", which then, in 1997 became the main lodge of the restored Grand Orient of Poland. At that time the Grand Orient of France gave it a renewed founding patent and new patents for the French Rite, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and the Scottish Rectified Rite. The Grand Orient of Poland is registered as an association in the provincial court in Warsaw on November 14, 1997.
The first grandmaster of the reconstructed Grand Orient of Poland was the internationally known Polish philosopher and writer Andrzej Nowicki.
It is different from the Polish National Grand Lodge. The Grand Orient of Poland should also not be confused with so-called "Grand Orient of the Republic of Poland" - an unofficial association established in unclear circumstances on 25 February 2017.
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Lodges of the Grand Orient of Poland

  1. Wolność Przywrócona – French Rite
  2. Galileusz – Scottish Rite
  3. Cezary Leżeński – Scottish Rite
  4. Moria – Scottish Rite
  5. Witelon – Scottish Rite
  6. Atanor – Scottish Rite
  7. Abraxas under the Light of Sirius – Rite of Memphis-Misraim
  8. Universe – French Rite
  9. Astrolabe – Scottish Rite
  10. Synergy – French Rite and Scottish Rite
  11. Falcon and Owl – Scottish Rite
  12. Pyramid of North – Scottish Rite
  13. Free Plowmen – Scottish Rite
  14. Three Compasses – Scottish Rite
  15. Fosforos ''– Scottish Rite
  16. Eye of Horus – Scottish Rite''

International Cooperation

Based on mutual agreements of friendship and cooperation, the Grand Orient of Poland cooperates internationally with following organisations and Orders:
  1. Grand Orient of France
  2. Grand Orient of Switzerland
  3. Grand Lodge of Italy
  4. Grand Orient of Romania
  5. Grand Orient of Ireland
  6. Grand Lodge Lemuria
  7. Traditional Masonic Order - Mauritius
  8. Grand Orient of Slovenia
  9. International Masonic Order DELPHI - Greece
  10. Grand Orient of Belgium
  11. Grand National Lodge of Croatia
  12. Grande Loge Féminine de France
  13. Symbolic Grand Lodge of Spain
  14. Grand Orient of Bulgaria
  15. Grand Orient of Austria
  16. Grand Orient of Estonia
  17. Grande Loja Feminina de Portugal
  18. Grande Loge Indépendante et Souveraine des Rites Unis
  19. Grand Orient of Portugal
  20. LIBERTAS International Grand Lodge of Freemasons for Women and Men
  21. Grand Lodge of Cultures and Spirituality
  22. Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Philippine Archipelago
The Grand Orient of Poland is also represented in international organisations:
  1. European Masonic Alliance
  2. Adogmatic Association Central and Eastern Europe
  3. Universal League of Freemasons