Some of this group's religious rituals were described by George Waddington, including a";Great Oath"; sworn by its members while holding a lit candle in a ";safe house,"; and the use of so-called ";shepherds"; to relay orders.
Some of this group's religious rituals were described by George Waddington, including a";Great Oath"; sworn by its members while holding a lit candle in a ";safe house,"; and the use of so-called ";shepherds"; to relay orders. Formed as an extension of the Lodge of Lefkada, this group initially claimed to be run by a mystical foreign leader dubbed the ";Invisible Authority,"; though that was replaced with a body called the ";Authority of the Twelve Apostles."; A femalemember of this group, Laskarina Bouboulina, captured the fortress of Monemvasia after building her own flagship. This group used a phoenix as its symbol, alluding to the earlier Phoenix Lodge. Founded by three Freemasons in Odessa, this group invited John Capodistrias, the foreign secretary of Alexander I, to be its leader, though he declined. This group's leader established a military unit called the Sacred Band. For 10 points, name this secret organization led by Alexander Ypsilantis to advocate for Greek independence.
Some of this group's religious rituals were described by George Waddington, including a";Great Oath"; sworn by its members while holding a lit candle in a ";safe house,"; and the use of so-called ";shepherds"; to relay orders.
Friendly Society [or Society of  Friends; or Filiki Eteria; or  Philiki Etaireia; do not accept Quakers]