For the first time and unique – this is how the historic Order Convent of the Order of St. George in the imperial city Speyer in Germany on 20 April 2024 can be described in a nutshell.
Find here impressions of the various programme points around the Order Convent on 20 April 2024.
On Sunday, 14 April 2024, 7 motorbikes and 7 classic cars met in the most glorious imperial weather in the Prälatenhof of Lilienfeld Abbey.
On 4 April 2024 the foundation stone for a future Commandery in Berlin was laid.
On the evening of 28 March 2024, Father Dr. Marek Pučalík invited guests to the presentation of his book in the palace of the Order and combined it with a subsequent personal tour through the Karlskirche.
It has become a valued tradition in our Christian Order that every year the Spiritual Council offers spiritual guidance throughout Holy Week.
As a reaction to this year’s annual theme “Courage for Responsibility”, the Commandery Tschechien has organised its third collection for Ukraine.
On 22 March 2024, the four Croatian commanderies hosted the premiere of the impulse talks in Zagreb on the topic of “Courage for responsibility as a rebellion against the zeitgeist”.
… were the subject of an exchange of views on 22 March 2024 between a high-level delegation from our Community and H.E. Neven Pelicarić, Advisor on European Policy to the President of the Republic of Croatia.
On 21 March 2024, Prof. Dr. Tobias Thomas, Director General of Statistik Austria, was invited by the Commandery Wien-Hofburg to the Order’s residence.
On 5 March 2024, the two Vienna Commanderies, together with the Austrian British Society, hosted an interesting lecture by Ambassador Dr. Eva Nowotny and Ambassador Dr. Alexander Christiani at Cafe Ministerium.
This was the title of a matinee organised by the Committee of the Honorary Knights together with the Order Academy in Budapest on 1 March 2024.
On 29 February 2024, Knight of the Order Günter Fuhrmann gave an excellent lecture on his book “The Valley of Kings in Lower Austria – the secret royal court of the Bourbons”.
Commander Wilhelm von Zitzewitz welcomed numerous Order members and guests to the Commandery meeting at the Schwarzer Bär hotel in Linz on 24 February 2024.
On 24 February 2024 the Commandery Kroatien-Istrien gathered at the Juraj Šporer Pavilion in Opatija to visit the exhibition titled “Croats on the Northern Sea”.
On 15 February 2024, Knight of the Order Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christoph Steininger gave an exciting lecture on the topic “The obstacles for innovation in Austria and how to avoid them”.
On 31 January 2024, the Commandery Burgenland hosted a New Year’s reception at the Leo Hillinger winery.
On 25 January 2024, the Order of St. George hosted an “Interreligious Dialogue” at the Mozarteum Foundation’s Villa Vicina in Salzburg.
Opava (Troppau), the long-standing capital of Austrian Silesia, hosted the Commandery Tschechien of the Order of St. George for the first time on 19 and 20 January 2024.
On 11 January 2024, our Grand Master once again held the traditional major SPEECH ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE, during which he also addressed the new general theme of “COURAGE FOR RESPONSIBILITY”.
On 9 January 2024, several Knights of the Order of St. George took part in the funeral mass for the Honorary Knight Hugo Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly, who died on 21 November 2023.