Mário Martin Guia anticipate the end of mandate as Grand Master

According with the site of the Grand Legal Lodge of Portugal the Most Respectable Grand Master, R:. Brother Mario Martin Guia, decided to anticipate the end of its mandate in six months and to call the election of his successor in office.
This decision was taken in order to create conditions for greater success of the Grand Master who will succeed him, given the fact that in the next 23 to 26 September is held in Portugal the Annual Session of the VI Zone of the Masonic Confederation- simultaneously with the Third Meeting of Lusophone Freemasory, and the  Session of the Equinox of Autumn of the GLLP / GLRP, transforming it these sete of events an unique opportunity to immediately the new elected Grand Master may be presented to the International Community Masonic, who will thus be installed on September 25, 2010. The applications are to be submitted to the Grand Secretary of GLLP / GLRP until next April 26 and after that anounced to the Craft. The polls will open for scrutiny in next June 26.
It is the privilege of Luz do Oriente to pray its homage to the M:.R:.G:.M:. in the closing of its mandate and add its gratitude and recognition to fellow Freemasons for the major contribution Bro:. Mário Martin Guia has made to Portuguese Freemasonry and Regular Freemasonry in general along its double mandate. The newly elected Grand Master will be the fifth in the sequence of Grand Masters of Portuguese Freemasonry, almost 20 years after the Portuguese Craft regain regularity.

Grand Master

In the register of our colleague A Partir Pedra the reinstallation of our M:.R:.Grand Master was a success and to the cerimony assisted delegations of the Grande Lodges of Russia, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Great Britain, Brazil, the United States and France. The Past-Grand Master of the Grande Loge National Française (http://www.glnf.fr/) directed, personally, the reinstallation of M:.R:.B:. Mário Martin Guia (second on the left). The GLNF is connected to the Grand Legal Lodge of Portugal (Regular) as our Obedience start in 1991 as a District of this remarkable Grand Lodge, being a group of Master Masons, defecting from the Grand Oriente Lusitano (the irregular Obedience), regularized in France (Bretania).
Our M:.R:.B:. Martin Guia designated the Grand Officials of the Grand Mastery for the period 2009-2010.
400 Brethren assist to the cerimony that close with a dinner in honor of the ladies.

General Assembly of the Grand Legal Lodge of Portugal

The habitual session of Autumn of the Grand Legal Lodge of Portugal is schedule for the end of September somewhere in Lisbon. This a major occasion for the gathering of the speculative workers of our Obedience and for the betterment of the construction of our interior temple and our improvement as Men free and off Good Report. Our M:.R:. G:.M:. Mário Martim Guia will preside to the works and will enlighten with his wisdom, rectitude and guidance the work every Lodge and Triangle dedicates to the Glory of the Creator that we call GAOTU. In the last masonic year, GLLP has consolidate itself has the sole Regular Obedience in Portugal, recognized allover the world and counting more then 80 Lodges and Triangles, and more then 1200 workers, spread from mainland Portugal to Madeira, Azores, Africa, Brazil and Asia. The esoteric and liturgical character of freemasonry we practice between columns may probably be considered odd by people still associating Freemasonry with republicanism, liberalism and overthrown of monarchies. We look to do it the other way around, being loyal of the laws of the land, respectful of the legitimate authorities, and humble to the cultures and people who protect freemasonry. We hope to create a new understanding of our purposes and activities, extracting the grip of conspiracy that a part of the public opinion insists in associating to us. Diligently we have be present in the great challenges of world peace, helping to arbitrate the talks between Israel and the Arab World, or between East Timor and Indonesia, to name two cases helping to solve the great rifts of instability in the world. Our motto is Peace, Justice, Law and Rightfulness.
The Brethren of the Triangle Light of the Orient raise their prays to all masons that are - in this occasion - traveling around the world and supplicate to God, our Creator, to help them in returning safe to their homes and to the love of their families. To the Brethren of all Lodges of the Grand Legal Lodge of Portugal gathering in meeting, in late September, we wish a productive meeting, new advancements in freemasonry in polishing the rough stone that still lays within ourselves and let us consolidate as Men of Honor and Moral. So mote it be.