National Grand Lodge of Romania

A message from the Past Grand Master, Most Worshipful Bro Viorel Danacu

27.09.2010

The National Grand Lodge of Romania is an autonomous Obedience, self governed, universally acknowledged for all its Lodges and all the Freemasons recognized by it, on the entire territory of Romania.

The National Grand Lodge of Romania was regularly constituted from three regularly constituted Lodges, receiving the Light from Grand Regular Lodges universally acknowledged and continues the Masonic tradition through the historical Masonic act from Brasov, April 13th-14th 6002, through us and the illustrious Brother Grand Master Ad Vitam Nicu Filip, the founder of regular contemporary Freemasonry of Ancient and accepted Scottish Rite on the territory of Romania.

Romanian Freemasonry

Brief history of Freemasonry in Romania

Masonry as we know it today, has arrived in Romania at the beginning of 17^th century, coming from Istanbul along with the ships used for transporting wheat, honey and rams to the capital of Ottoman Empire. On the land, it has come from Germanic countries.

Masonry is attested in documents from 1734, the First Grand Master being the ruler of Moldavia, Nicolae Mavrocordat, which has foreseen and started Masonic papers. Due to this, he has been forced to move to Principality of Muntenia. The officers of the first lodge are known to be the nobles.

The First Grand Lodge, has been installed in 1880, in Bucharest, today's capital of Romania.

In our Masonic history there still are white stains. Consequently, tsarist armies have brought lodges on Romanian territory, even the great poet Puskin being a member of one of these lodges.