Princess Angelika Jarosławska Sapieha received the highest distinction from the Order of Saint Lazarus
On November 24, 2024, Princess Angelika Jarosławska Sapieha received the highest distinction from the The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem from His Serene Highness Prince Andrew Tiberius Adam Rhédey The Royal House of Aba, the Royal House of Árpád.
The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is one of the oldest Orders of Chivalry. The Order of Saint Lazarus has its origins in the Holy Land before the First Crusade of 1099.
The traditional humanitarian activity of the Order was the treatment of leprosy, but now its philanthropic and humanitarian activities have expanded into other areas, supporting various medical missions.
The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, also known as the Leper Brothers of Jerusalem or simply as Lazarists, was a Catholic military order founded by Crusaders during the 1130s at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after its patron saint, Lazarus.
The Order of St. Lazarus was purely an order of hospitallers in the beginning, and adopted the hospital Rule of St. Augustine in use in the West.
