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About OSMTH

On behalf of our members in some 40 nations worldwide, we welcome you to the website of the best known international Templar Order in the world, and the only Templar Order recognized in Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Templar Legacy

The medieval Knights Templar, best known to us today as the famed warriors of the Crusades, were a devout military religious Order that uniquely combined the roles of knight and monk in a way the Western medieval world had never seen before.

Membership

Membership within the Order is geographically-based, therefore applications of interest from the OSMTH International site are referred on to your closest or most pertinent national Grand Priory.

Oikocredit

Oikocredit (in full: Oikocredit Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society U.A.) is a social impact investor and worldwide cooperative society, headquartered in the Netherlands, that offers loans and investment capital for microfinance institutions, cooperatives, and small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries.The idea for the creation of Oikocredit came from a 1968 meeting of the World Council of Churches. Oikocredit was established in 1975.

Oikocredit is one of the world's largest private providers of microfinance and has a current investment focus on the financial inclusion, agriculture, and renewable energy sectors.

OSMTH is mindful of the substantial role played by the medieval Order of Knights Templar in developing innovative financing solutions for clients ranging from pilgrims to royal treasurers during the Middle Ages. In the modern world, OSMTH’s aims include support for international civil society organizations through our active participation in programs of sustainable development.

With this aim in mind, the OSMTH Spring 2008 Grand Magistral Council Meeting held in Paris, France, agreed to provide support for Oikocredit. Eight OSMTH Member Grand Priories then contributed funds to establish the international shareholding in Oikocredit for OSMTH.

After due consideration, the OSMTH Spring 2023 Grand Magistral Council Meeting held in Skopje, North Macedonia, decided to realise the value of this international shareholding in Oikocredit and to redirect the proceeds of 10,500 US Dollars to fund future Emergency Humanitarian Relief Program Donations by the International Association of OSMTH.

Please use this link to find further information on Oikocredit:

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Vision

OSMTH’s raison d’etre is expressed through the Brussels Declaration: “Aiding humanity on the pilgrimage through life.”
Vision and Commitment

Christian Ethos, Spirituality and Chivalric Values.
Domestic Charity and International Humanitarian Aid
Human Rights and the respect for Human Diversity
Interfaith Dialogue and Bridge-Building

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Registration & Accreditation Notice:
OSMTH Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (Sovereign Military Order Temple of Jerusalem) is a:

·non-profit & tax-exempt international association registered in Geneva, Switzerland, under Swiss Federal numbers: CH-660.1.972.999-4 & CHE-101.134.939; and a
·non-governmental organization (NGO) accredited in Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic & Social Council (UN ECOSOC).

Trademark

There are more then 1700 groups in the world calling themselves 'Templars' or 'Knights Templar' which is a name they can freely use. OSMTH (Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem) however is not associated with any one of them and our Logos and Coat of Arms are protected by trademark registration.

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At OSMTH we care about your privacy. In response to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we have reviewed our policies and procedures to ensure that we conduct our operations in line with your fundamental right to have your personal data collected only when, and for as long as necessary and to keep it well protected.

Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (OSMTH)

ORDO SUPREMUS MILITARIS TEMPLI HIEROSOLYMITANI (OSMTH)-Swiss Federal Registry Number CH-660.1.972.999-4

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