The ideas of freemasonry and striving exist since the creation of the world and therefore we often say that masonry was created in the moment when the first man came into this world. That is the reason why masonry, in various forms of its existence, has a very long history.

Some might say that this world is governed by violence, injustice, no freedom and that we are very far from realizing our ideals. However, in history of freemasonry there have been many examples of the works of our Brothers that managed with all of their efforts to contribute great steps towards those high ideals.

Friedrich II of Prussia, created a first modern legal and legislative state in our modern history. He has banned torture and extortion systems as well as clerical courts as means of reaching the truth. He introduced a freedom to chose and pursue any religion. In that way he has greatly contributed to forming of tolerance views.

Constitution of USA, which is based on human rights and banning of force and violence, is a creation of American, French and German masons. Historical figures such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Marquise de Lafayette are some of their representatives. Vast majority of the signers of American Declaration of independence were free masons. These thorough legislations have came to America from French revolution whose leaders have also been freemasons. These ideas have become cornerstones without which today’s world would not be imaginable.

Some of the reformers, luminaries and encyclopedia writers were masons, even to ones from our national history such as Vuk Karadzić, Dositej Obradović and Petar Petrović Njegoš. These men, even today many years after, inspire people in our country with their greatness and therefore contribute towards improvement of our society.

Freedom fighters – Simon de Bolivar, Lajoš Košut, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Rigas Ferrios, Janko Katić, Petar Ičko, Aleksa Nenadović and many other were also free masons.

Fraternity had members among cultural and spiritual people – Mozart, Goethe, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lessing, Fuechte, Haydn, Sibelius, Stevan Mokranjac, Ivo Andrić and many others.