Clarifications on the Equestrian Order of Saint Sergius

For dishonest people, the strategy is always to control the narrative and to create “illations”, or malicious inquiries and sophisms. That strategy has the precise scope of avoiding the frontal debate and the confrontation of facts and empirical evidence. 

Recently, the Equestrian Order of Saint Sergius was falsely accused of “theft” and impersonating the “Noble Order of Saint Sergius”, headquartered in the Kingdom of Spain and protected by the Habsburg family of Austria-Hungary. (the false accusation was made by a fake profile on social media, NOT by the Noble Order)

By this allegation alone we can conclude that the intent of the attack was purely to harm the Royal House of Ghassan. And the capital proofs are here. The order’s insignia is completely different and most importantly, it’s not even the same Saint! 

The “Noble Order of Saint Sergius” is named after Pope Saint Sergius I (650-701 CE) 

The “Equestrian Order of Saint Sergius” is named after the martyr Saint Sergius (Serkis) who lived in the IV century and was a high-ranking Roman officer of the army of emperor Galerius (258-311 CE) and the Saint Patron of the Arab Christians and the Ghassanids 

Yes, for that attack alone we all can see the “intellectual caliber” of the perpetrators, not even checking the basic information.

IMPORTANT:

1. The Orders of Chivalry/Merit from the Royal House of Ghassan don’t claim to be the “legatary continuation” of any historical order. However, the Royal House has the historical mandate of being one of the oldest (if not the oldest) Christian chivalric tradition in history. Although not organized in orders “per se” the Ghassanids had a chivalric tradition almost five centuries before the Crusades and the creation of the first known orders of Chivalry: “Thus Ghassanid chivalry developed in the sixth century [AD] and was spiritualized by Christianity, a process that brought it close to the Christian version of chivalry in medieval Europe. (…) The Ghassanids’ commitment to Christian chivalry as one of the ideals that they developed and tried to live up to, especially in their wars, has hitherto been an unknown chapter in the history of this concept.” Prof. Dr. Irfan Shahid, PhD (Princeton University) Professor Emeritus of Georgetown University, Book “Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century”, pages 304-305 Dumbarton Oaks Research Library (Harvard University)
2. Even if it was the same saint, no Sovereign House has exclusivity over Saints. They cannot be patented,
3. On the other hand, stealing the name, the insignia, and the history of a particular order, claiming to be the legatary continuation of a historical order without having the right, that’s pure theft! 

A clear example of theft can be seen here:

Official Report by the Italian Heraldic Council on the Order of the Redeemer and the fake Duke of Tornano