Templar Grades

Knights Templar Priests of the Presentation of Our Lady

In this, the third grade of the Holy Celtic Order of the Temple we offer initiation as a Knight Templar Priest to men ordained to the priesthood within the Apostolic Succession. Candidates must have proven themselves loyal Christians ready to defend the church and Christendom. Our Templar lineage is that of the Gnostic Templar Succession through L'Eglise Catholique de France and L'Eglise Constitutionelle.

Our ritual is based on 19th century fraternal sources and initiations are given at one of our local Tabernacles in Serbia, Norway, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Argentina and Brazil. Please see the membership page for further details.

We raise awareness of the plight of Christians living in Islamic countries, pray for the persecuted church, and where we can we like to give some financial support. In this way we participate in a small way in the original purpose of Templarism, to defend Christendom and most especially in the cradle of Christianity, the Holy Land and the Middle East. Donations to date:
2014 - Christian Aid Syria Appeal
2015 - Brothers of Divine Mercy, Cairo
2016 - Assyrian Church of the East Relief Organisation.
2017 - We Are Christians: Aramaic Charity Organisation - (for aid to victims of ISIS)
2018 - Hatune Foundation International - (for aid to persecuted Christians in the Middle East)
2019 - Life Gospel Ministry Pakistan - (for Urdu Bibles)
2020 - Radhe Kunj Branch - Braj Bhumi Group inc. (providing 3000 meals every day to the hungry in India)

Knights Templars of the Presentation of Our Lady are particularly devoted to the mysteries of the Black Madonna.

Celtic Knights and Dames of the Temple

Lay Men and Women, and some clerics, who are members of the first or second grade of the HCOT, who have given outstanding service to the cause of Templarism, may be initiated in the Templar Grade and/or awarded the title of Honorary Celtic Knight of the Temple and Honorary Celtic Dame of the Temple, respectively.