The Military & Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem

Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands

Grand Master: : His Excellency Don Carlos Gereda de Borbon

Grand Prior: Dr. the Chev. J.R. Pace LL.D, MIM, CSA, MMInst, GCLJ, KMLJ, GCrLJ 
















 

AIMS & OBLIGATIONS
CHARACTER OF THE ORDER
  • The Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem is an international ecumenical Order of Christian chivalry. It is both a Military Order of Mercy and a Hospitaller Order dedicated to the care and assistance of the sick and the poor, and to the support and defense of the Christian failt and the traditions and principles of Christian chivalry. 


RELIGION

  • All Members of the Order shall be practicing members of the Christian Faith and committed to upholding with their lives, fortunes and honour, the principles of Christianity. Persons not members of the Christian faith may be associated with the order as companions. 

AIMS OF THE ORDER
  • The aims of the order are:
    • To sustain and defend the Christian faith;
    • To maintain its historical support of Christians in the holy land;
    • To assist, succour and help the poor, the sick and the afflicted, especially those suffering from oleprosy or similar diseases;
    • To promote and maintain the principles of Christian chivalry;
    • To work for Christian unity;
    • To folow the teachings of Christ;
    • By its activities in charitable, philanthropic, health and education fields the Order seeks to support the achievement of the aims and principles of the United Nations Charter and the Statutes of theEuropean Union.
To view the new Constitution of the Order promulgated 1st July 2006