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Commission on Information for recognition - Cogmna 2026
2026 REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON INFORMATION FOR RECOGNITION
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Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Lebanon (2023) The history of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Lebanon may be seen from our prior reports of 2022 and 2023.
In those reports, we declined to find that the Grand Lodge met the Standards of Recognition. We are informed that subsequent to our 2023 report, three constituent lodges of the Syria-Lebanon District of the Grand Lodge of New York each voted to form a new grand lodge. These three lodges then held a convention on May 20, 2023, and formed a new grand lodge, the “Lebanese Grand Lodge of F. & A.M. of Lebanon” (LGL).
Subsequently, the LGL voted to amalgamate with the first Grand Lodge of Lebanon. The first grand lodge then ceded its “name, logo, history, belongings, relations, territory, Lodges, and all that is associated with its existence,” including its main building. The second grand lodge, the LGL, then accepted the amalgamation and changed its name to that of the first grand lodge, The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Lebanon.
This amalgamation was then reported to those grand lodges with which the first Grand Lodge of Lebanon enjoyed amity. As precedent for the process they followed, the 2023 F&AM of Lebanon points to the Grand Lodge of Michigan which suffered a lack of recognition subsequent to cessation of activities during the Morgan affair. Lodges received new charters from the Grand Lodge of New York and, in 1844, met in convention to form a new Grand Lodge of Michigan. We again note (see Commission Report 2022), the well-established custom and practice outside the United States of consultation with other grand lodges working in a jurisdiction. This is the fraternal course that would be expected. It did not occur. Nevertheless, it is not a requirement for forming a grand lodge.
We would urge all those with interests in the country of Lebanon to work together as Masons to restore harmony.
It appears the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Lebanon (2023) meets the Standards of Recognition.