History of the Order

The Order was founded in 1926, and was restructured in 1996, under the name "Delphi International Freemasonic Order".

The first Mixed Lodge was founded in 1926, under the aegis of The International Mixed Freemasonic Order " Le Droit Humain ", that resides in Paris. In 1996, the General Assembly of the Order unanimously voted its re-establishment under the separate name of "DELPHI". Today, it exists and functions by law as an independent and self-governing entity, it follows the Great Freemasonic Constitution of 1786, according to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.

The main events that shaped the history of the "Delphi International Freemasonic Order" are as follows:
The founding Supreme Council

  • 1926: Foundation of the first Lodge in Athens under the name "Athina".

  • 1964: Foundation of the first Greek Freemasonic Federation.

  • 1984: Foundation of the second Greek Freemasonic Federation.

  • 1994: Foundation of Mixed Freemasonry in Bulgaria, Romania and Moldavia.

  • 1996: Foundation of the "Delphi International Freemasonic Order", with its seat
              in Athens.

  • 1996: Foundation of the "Great Mixed Grand Lodge of Greece".

  • 2000: Foundation of the "Grand Council of Perfection of Greece".

  • 2001: Member of "CLIPSAS"

  • 2001: Founding member of the "Mediterranean Freemasonic Union".

  • 2003: Foundation of Mixed Freemasonry in the U.S.A.

The Order's objective is unhindered, effective and creative intellectual action, at the national and international level, through the activity of its members, so that the Freemasonic Ideals are spread in the World.