Like the lodges of adoption, they have their own ceremonies, which means that some grand lodges view them as irregular.

Kirk still wasn't certain who owned this estate, with its grand lodges and streams, hunting forests and private guards.

The cabins, known as turisthytter, vary from rustic mountain refuges with grass-covered roofs to grand timber-sided lodges sleeping up to 200.

There exists a combination of more than 50 grand lodges in Lebanon classified as irregular and unrecognized.

The agreement between the two grand lodges states:

Until then, Freemasonry in Turkey was limited to boxes of foreign grand lodges.

Most North American grand lodges, on the other hand, still recognize the Grand Orient.

Freemasonry in Denmark was first established in 1743 and is today representen by a number of grand lodges.

During the 18th century, lodges formed grand lodges to govern the craft.

The early American colonial lodges were chartered by the grand lodges of Europe.