Order of Beneficience (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τάγμα της Ευποιΐας) is the name given to two different orders in Greece. One of them (the "Royal Order of Beneficience") is conferred by the Greek royal family, and the other (the "Republican Order") is conferred by the Greek government.
The two orders share three symbols: a "badge", a "star", and a "ribbon". The badge is a five-petaled flower, enameled in blue. The star is a silver eight-pointed star with straight rays. The ribbon is an orange ribbon with blue edges.
| Order of Beneficence Τάγμα της Ευποιΐας | |
| Awarded By: | the Head of the Royal House of Greece |
| Type: | Order |
| Head Title: | Sovereign |
| Head: | Crown Prince Pavlos |
| Head2 Title: | Grand Mistress |
| Head2: | Crown Princess Marie-Chantal |
| Motto: | ΕΥΠΟΙΪΑ |
| Eligibility: | Only for women |
| For: | Distinguished services to Greece and in the public sphere |
| Status: | rarely constituted |
| Date: | 7 May 1948 |
| Grades: | Dame Grand Cross Dame Grand Officer Dame Commander Dame Officer Dame |
| Higher: | Order of the Phoenix |
| Lower: | - |
The Royal Order of Beneficence (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τάγμα της Ευποιΐας) is an order of knighthood of the Greek Royal Family that was established in 1948 by King Pavlos I, following the death of King George II of Greece, in accordance with his wishes.
It is conferred by the Head of the Royal House of Greece as a dynastic Decoration for women especially, Greek and foreign, for the good services they have rendered to the Fatherland in the field of charity as well as for their performance in the arts and letters. The fact that the order is awarded to women does mean that the other Greek decorations are awarded exclusively to men.
After the abolition of the Kingdom of Greece and its replacement by the Third Hellenic Republic, all orders and decorations of knighthood were disbanded as state orders (although retained as dynastic house orders by the Greek Royal Family) and replaced by republican versions of the orders of knighthood, including this order which is currently awarded by the two entities but as separate orders with their own statutes.
The Order has five grades:
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| Awarded By: | the President of the Hellenic Republic |
| Type: | Order |
| Motto: | ΕΥΠΟΙΪΑ |
| Eligibility: | Only for women |
| For: | Distinguished services to Greece and in the public sphere |
| Status: | Currently constituted |
| Date: | 7 May 1948 |
| Grades: | Grand Cross, Grand Commander, Commander, Gold Cross, Silver Cross |
| Higher: | Order of the Phoenix |
| Lower: | - |
The Order of Beneficence (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τάγμα της Ευποιΐας) is an order of Greece which was established in 1975 by law no.106/1975, using the same name and same insignia as that of the order instituted in the previous governance of the Kingdom of Greece, although a separate order with different statutes.
It is conferred by the Greek government as a moral reward for women especially, Greek and foreign, for the good services they have rendered to the Fatherland in the field of charity as well as for their performance in the arts and letters. The fact that the order is awarded to women does mean that the other Greek decorations are awarded exclusively to men.
The Order has five classes:
The badge of the Order is a five tipped blue-enamelled flower, in silver (or silvered) for the Silver Cross class, in gold (or goldened) for the higher classes. The overall design is clearly derived from the then-recently abolished British Order of the Indian Empire.
There are four versions of the badge :
All four versions feature an obverse central disc bearing a portrait of the Theotokos with the Divine Child in Her arms with the legend "ΕΥΠΟΙΙΑ" («Beneficence») on a white enamel ring.
The star of the Order is a silver eight-pointed star with straight rays, with the same central disc as the obverse of the badge.
There may be other slight differences of the badge or the star depending on the manufacturer.
The ribbon of the Order is orange with blue edges.
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