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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.

Pro Terra Sancta in Lebanon and Palestinian Territories

The Pro Terra Sancta Association (PTS) is a prominent non-governmental organisation, headquartered in Italy. The mission of Pro Terra Santa is to foster bonds between the Holy Land and the world. PTS is a non-profit organization that carries out projects to preserve the Holy Places, to support local communities, and to bring aid in humanitarian emergencies. PTS is present in the Middle East, wherever the Franciscan Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land are to be found.

OSMTH is conscious of the historic links between the Order of Knights Templar and the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor in the medieval period. As a modern organisation, OSMTH is most grateful for our various working relationships with today’s Franciscan Orders around the world.

Please use this link to find further information on the work of PTS: PTS - Projects in the Holy Land

Regular Charitable Donations:

2022: Pro Terra Sancta Joint Project with The Friends of the Holy Land

OSMTH made a donation of 1,000 Euros to support the joint Pro Terra Sancta Association / Friends of the Holy Land project to assist the poorest families in the community in Bethlehem by:

repairing and replacing local water supply networks; and by
installing solar panels and water tanks.

2021: Pro Terra Sancta Joint Project with The Friends of the Holy Land

OSMTH made a donation of 1,000 Euros to support the joint Pro Terra Sancta Association / Friends of the Holy Land project to assist the poorest families in the community in Bethlehem by:

repairing and replacing local water supply networks; and by
installing solar panels and water tanks.

Emergency Humanitarian Relief Donation:

2020: Pro Terra Sancta Appeal for Lebanon

OSMTH noted the appeal launched by the Pro Terra Sancta Association, following the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut which caused extensive damage to the nearby Franciscan Monastery of St Joseph in August 2020. OSMTH supported the PTS Appeal by sending 2,500 Euros for the purposes of:

Support for the work of the Monastery in providing pastoral and practical assistance to the local community in Beirut, including food parcels, sanitary kits, and medical supplies; and
Paying the costs of repairs to domestic homes and to the roof of the Monastery.

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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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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

Pro Terra Sancta in Lebanon and Palestinian Territories

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