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The Electronic Newsletter Serving the Chivalric Community

August 1994

© 1994 The Religious and Military Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. All rights reserved. No part of this newsletter may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the copyright holder. One archival copy may be downloaded and printed for private use.

Elevations to the Rank and Dignity of Knighthood

By command of the Sovereign Grand Master, the following Educators, Health Professionals, and Business Executives who have distinguished themselves in humanitarian endeavors were raised to the rank and status of knighthood by being Invested and Decorated as Knights of the Holy Sepulchre on June 3, 1994 at the Annual General Assembly held in Greeley, Colorado:

1995 General Assembly

The date selected for the 1995 Annual General Assembly is May 24-27. The place will be Brea, California. More information will be forthcoming. Meanwhile, please mark those dates on your Calendar.

Heraldry and Arms

Each Sepulchre Knight should possess a Coat of Arms issued from a legitimate source such as College of Arms of a government or Dynastic Royal House. The official Armory of our Order is the College of Heraldry of The Royal and Serene House of Alabona-Ostrogojsk and Garama. Arms issued from the Alabona-Ostrogojsk College are traditional in every aspect and are beautifully executed. Along with the traditional granting Patent, the Knight receives a full-color illustration of the Arms and a line drawing. Each Grant of Arms is fully individualized and registered in the official Roll of Arms.

From time to time, you will see ads in the Sunday supplement (or elsewhere) advertising "your" family "Coat of Arms." Usually, the work issued by these companies is very nicely done, but the problem is that the Coat of Arms issued to a family with the same last name as yours does not necessarily belong to you! For example, the Arms for The Noble House of Baron Worley of Christy were issued by the Alabona-Ostrogojsk College of Heraldry directly to Baron Worley of Christy. Baron Worley's uncle has the same last name, but neither he nor his family has a right to the Arms of Baron Worley. So it is with all these companies: they cannot issue Arms legitimately, and no one can properly hold these Arms except the Grantees themselves. Being a part of the family does not necessarily grant the right to bear Arms, and having the same last name does not necessarily grant such a right.

Of course, if you have evidence that you have legitimately inherited Arms, you can register them with the Alabona-Ostrogojsk College of Heraldry.

Planned Command Investiture

By command of the Sovereign Grand Master, the following eminent Authors and Scholars are to be raised to the rank and status of knighthood by being Invested and Decorated as Knights of the Holy Sepulchre in private Ceremonies in October, 1994:

Coming Feast Days

Knights are reminded that two of our four Feast Days are upcoming, August 15 (Assumption of Mary Theotokos) and September 29 (St. Michael the Archangel). Meditations and works of charity around and on those days are recommended.

Grand Marshal Retires

We are pleased to report that upon his retirement as Professor of Chemistry from the Illinois College of Chiropractic, the Rt. Hon. Chev. Dr. Calvin Kuehner was also granted retirement as Grand Marshal of our Order. Upon recommendation of the Supreme Priory, Chev. Kuehner was promoted by the Sovereign Grand Master to the Order's Highest Rank, Grand Cross, and was named Supreme Grand Marshal Emeritus. Chev. Kuehner has been with the Order some ten years and has worked constantly and well on its behalf. We will miss his work. Chev. Kuehner holds Arms from the College of Heraldry of the Royal and Serene House of Alabona-Ostrogojsk.

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