Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem

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• The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
• Lazarus Volunteer Organisations
• Flag of the Grand Master of the Order
• Regulations of the Order (relating to flags)

See also:

• Order of Christ (Christ's Knights Order)
• Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazare
• Flags and Religion
• Christian flags

The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem

According to Gautier de Sibert's History of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (pub. Paris, France. 1772), the Order was first established during the time of Saint Basil, by the beginning of the 5th century A.D., with the founding of its first hospital in the city of Ptolemais (Acre). It is known that by the end of the first millennia A.D., the Order had active hospitals in Acre, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth. Today, this Christian Order has 7,000 members active in more than thirty countries across five continents, and retains its commitment to charity and hospitaller activities with its active clinics in Europe, Palestine, Africa, and the Americas. The Order's government maintains its administrative seat at the Castle Lanzun, on Malta; and, can be contacted through its website at: www.st-lazarus.net.

The Order's Flag is a green cross qua