![]() To assist, by his courage, to sustain the ancient glory of the Swedish Name?Ĥ. To be ready to shed his blood for the Evangelical Lutheran religion and for the welfare of the country?ģ. To honour, defend and preserve the laws and statutes of the Order?Ģ. The two sponsors, thereupon, conduct the postulant before the King, where he kneels down, and replies affirmatively, with a simple “Yes,” to all the following questions:ġ. The Chancellor, who stood to the left of the sovereign, then explained in a few words the object of the order, the honour attached to it, and the reasons which had induced His Majesty to elect the new Knight. After the hymn, “Come, Holy Spirit”, was chanted, the chief preacher of the Court briefly addressed those assembled on the duties of the subjects towards God, the King and the country. The king was seated under a canopy to the right of the altar and the Knights assembled occupied benches to the right and the left, while the newly elected Knight was placed before the altar between two senior Knights, who acted, as it were, as sponsors. The reception of new knights into the Order took place at Stockholm in the Riddarholmen Church or in the royal chapel in the Stockholm Palace, in the presence of all the Knights and functionaries of the Order, as also of the Commanders of all the other orders. In the interval between the nomination and the reception, the newly elected member could only wear the star, but not the cross with the ribbon. The actual reception into the Order, however, was fixed at the 28th of April, the birthday of King Frederick I, the founder of the Order. ![]() The nomination of new members took place once a year in the Seraphim Chamber of the Stockholm Palace, usually on the Monday after the First Sunday Advent, to remind the Knights that faith was due to the King of Zion. Former Ceremonial Observed At The Installation of New Knights of The Seraphim
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