This Sunday we comemorate the destruction of the public form of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (better known as the Knights Templar) and the execution of hundreds of the brothers and then Grandmaster of the Order, Jacques de Molay.
There is lots said and alleged about the Templars. Arguably, Dan Brown might not have a career without them. Some find them Saints, others villains.
In the AJC and in many Gnostic churches, the Order is regarded as the guardian of the apostolic lineage of Saint John the Beloved and the baptismal initiation of Saint John the Baptist. For this reason, we recite the Litany of the Sovereign Pontiffs in abbreviated form at most public services.
On Templar Sunday, we recite the full litany – the name of every grandmaster of the order – as well as the Insititutional Narrative, the grand story of the lineage which we inherit from the Johannite Church of Primitive Christians found in the 19th Century as a part of the French Gnostic Restoration. We light memorial candles to recall their sacrifice and their witness to the truth of gnosis.
Please join us for this haunting, solemn service which illustrates a core aspect of our spiritual lineage.
The service this Sunday will be the “Johannite Gnostic Divine Liturgy”. The service alternates engagement and stillness, provoking a meditative attitude and the cultivation of deeper perceptions. The service features prayer and chant and the sharing of the Body and the Blood in the form of bread and wine.
Conversation, hot drinks and snacks follow the service. Please stay and mingle.
The congregation at St Uriel’s meets every Sunday at 6pm at:
The Unitarian Centre
15 Francis St
Darlinghurst, NSW
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Rector: Father Tim Mansfield
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