Author: johnkersey
Educationalist, musician and clergyman.
Christmas 2025
The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and its dependent communions wish everyone a very happy Christmas.
Agreement with the Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio”, Rome, Italy
The Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio” is a private university in Rome, Italy, registered with the government authorities in December 2025. It is in the Italian tradition of “popular universities” and “universities of the third age”, a special category of universities in Italy that are concerned with instruction and research pursued purely for academic, religious, social and cultural benefit.
The University has issued a Diploma of Friendship, Recognition, Twinning, Accreditation and Partnership to the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi, in perpetuity.
The University has also issued diplomas of friendship, recognition, twinning, accreditation and partnership to the following institutions of the Abbey-Principality:
The Constantinople Orthodox Institute
The Order of the Sacred Cup
The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Order of St Lazarus
The Belarus Monarchist Association
The Order of the Crown of Thorns
The Anglican Association of Colleges and Schools
The Order of Corporate Reunion
The Royal House Polanie-Patrikios
The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Order of St John
The Order of Ave Maria
The Regency of Lomar
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Order of the Holy Wisdom
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Epiphany Guild
The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum
The Apostolate of the Holy Wisdom
The Order of S. Teresa – The Little Flower
The Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies
The Prefectory of Great Britain of the Confraternitas Oecumenica Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani
The Catholicate of the West
The Order of the Lion and the Black Cross
The Order of Antioch
San Luigi institutions receive accreditation from the World Accreditation Board for Academies, Colleges, Schools, Universities, Rome, Italy
Several institutions of the Abbey-Principality have recently received accreditation from the World Accreditation Board for Academies, Colleges, Schools, Universities (WABACOSU), Rome, Italy. WABACOSU is a division of the Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio” established to further high and humane standards in the provision of education, particularly for adults. The institutions of the Abbey-Principality have entered into a mutual full agreement of friendship, recognition, twinning, accreditation and partnership with WABACOSU.
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Constantinople Orthodox Institute
Treaty with the Gran Commenda dei Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme
The Grand Commandery of Saints John and Lazarus of Jerusalem (Gran Commenda dei Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme) headquartered in Milan, Italy, has entered into a mutual treaty of full partnership, friendship, collaboration, accreditation and recognition with The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Orthodox Order of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem.
The Grand Commandery was formed in 2019 by the union of several international commanderies in the chivalric traditions of St John and St Lazarus. These included some who were already under the protection of Prince Don Hugo José Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople. They have continued under Prince Hugo José’s successor Prince Ezra.
The Grand Commandery is under the temporal protection of the Imperial House of Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople and has received the spiritual blessing of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, in addition to having the official recognition of Syrian institutions.
The Grand Commandery is committed to the noble mission of supporting persecuted Christians in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Palestine.
Partnerships with Aracne Editrice, Aracne TV, La Bussola Edizioni and Prof. Dr. Gioacchino Onorati
A number of organizations under the auspices of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi have received Diplomas of Cultural Merits from the publishing houses Aracne Editrice, La Bussola Edizioni and Aracne TV, based in Rome, Italy, and their founder Prof. Dr Gioacchino Onorati. A mutual relationship of recognition exists with these bodies.
The Apostolic Episcopal Church
The Byelorussian Patriarchate of St Andrew the First-Called Apostle
The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Anglican Association of Colleges and Schools
The Order of the Crown of Thorns is listed in a reference work by the Consiglio Araldico Italiano
The Order of the Crown of Thorns is listed in the reference work “Repertorio Iconografico degli Ordini Cavellereschi” by Don Francesco Alfredo Maria prof. Mariano duca d’Otranto, published by the Consiglio Araldico Italiano – Istituto Marchese Vittorio Spreti in 2003. This institution was founded in Turin in 1948.
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Death of Count Carl Lemke
Count Lemke wearing the tie of San Luigi
The Abbey-Principality extends its sincere condolences upon the death of Count Carl Lemke of Texas, USA. Count Lemke was born at Little Rock, Arkansas, on 24 October 1951. He was a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thorns and the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross, and further held office in the Royal Byelorussian Orders. In 2014, the Prince-Abbot of San Luigi conferred on him the hereditary title of Count and granted him arms. He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Arts and Letters (London) and received the Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies.
Count Lemke was an exceptionally skilled craftsman and established Unique Regalia, a manufacturer of chivalric insignia. He was appointed by warrant as official insignia maker to San Luigi and Royal Belarus and many members of our Orders can testify to the high quality of his work. His son Joseph, who is also a member of the San Luigi Orders and now succeeds to his father’s title of Count, assisted him in this thriving business. Both father and son were veterans of the United States military.
The Grand Collar of San Luigi, made by Count Lemke.
Count Lemke was a much valued correspondent and friend of the Prince-Abbot and his humane outlook was evident when speaking of his family and that of the Prince-Abbot. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi 
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