Notable public figures who have received honors and orders from the Royal House of Ghassan since 2016, from the Royal House Gazette.
His Holiness Pope Francis, Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Patriarch of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City State
His Excellency President Gen Michel Aoun of Lebanon
His Excellency President Bujar Nishani of Albania
Her Royal Highness Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi, Princess of Sharjah UAE
His Royal Highness Prince Leka II of the Albanians
His All Holiness Bartholomew I, The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
His Holiness Tawadros II, the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
His Beatitude and Eminence Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Armenian Orthodox Patriarch of Cilicia
His Grace Archbishop Thomas Schirrmacher PhD, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance
His Eminence Cardinal Kurt Och, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity
His Holiness Sri Sri Gurudev Ravi Shankar, Hindu Spiritual Leader
Senator Marcos Pontes, Minister of Technology and NASA astronaut of Brazil
Rabbi Elie Abadie, Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates in the UAE
His Beatitude Patriarch Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania
His Excellency Dom Roberto Ferreria Pax, Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro
His Holiness Grandfather Hajji Baba Mondi, Bektashi Order of Sufi Islam
His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Sandri
His Eminence Dr. Anba Damian, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Germany
His Grace Archbishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
His Excellency Monsignor Maroun Laham, Archbishop of Jordan
The Most Reverend Payl Mattar, Maronite Archbishop of Beirut
The Very Reverend Moussa El Hage, Maronite Archbishop of the Holy Land
The Very Reverend Don Edgar Madi, Maronite Archbishop of Brazil
The Most Reverend Monsignor Guillermo Karcher, Pontifical Secretary of Protocol
His Excellency Ambassador Jean Makaron of Lebanon
His Excellency Dr Nasser Ahmad Al-Louzi, Jordanian Minister, King’s Chief of Staff, and CEO of Royal Jordanian
His Excellency Dr Nidal Qatamin, Minister of Labour, Jordan
Dr (hc) Michael Hesemann, author, journalist, and Vatican historian of Germany
His Excellency Professor Dr Adel Tweissi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Jordan
His Excellency Professor Dr Rahmi Yaran, The Grand Mufti of Istanbul
His Excellency Dr Skender Brucaj, The Grand Mufti of Albania
His Excellency Dr Aqel Biltaji, The Lord Mayor of Amman, Jordan
His Excellency Dr Munther Hadadin, Senator and Diplomat, Jordan
His Excellency Sheikh Dr Ahmed Al-Kubaisi, spiritual advisor to His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum of Dubai
Her Excellency Dr Nadia Hashem, journalist and first Minister of State for Women’s affairs, Jordan
Her Excellency Shariffa Bdour, Royal Hashemite Family
His Excellency Mikel Mounir, founder of the Al-Haya Party, Egypt
Rector Magnificus Professor Dr Zaki Akel Sobrinho, Federal university of Parana, Brazil
Mr Art Camacho, America Film Director, Producer, Actor, and Stuntman
Dr Robert Goldman, MD, PhD, DO, FAASP, Antiaging and Sports Medicine Pioneer
Ms Keiu Chinh, Vietnamese Film Director, Producer, Actor, and Philanthropist
Ajahn Acharavadee Wongsakon, Thai Buddhist Master
His Excellency Dr Rezkall Tuma, President of the Arab Federation of Brazil
Master Guro Dan Inosanto, American Martial Arts Instruction
His Excellency Ney Leprevost, Senator, Brazil
His Excellency Romeu Tuma, Senator, Brazil
Mr Tetsu Shiratori, Japanese Actor
Dr Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf, Politician, Muslim Cleric, and Chair of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia
Major General (ret) William D. Razz Waff, US Department of the Army and Priest of the Episcopal Church, USA
Ms Denice D. Lewis, American Fashion Model, Actor, and Abstract Artist
Her Excellency Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
His Excellency Andrzej Fafara, Consul General of Poland in Houston, Texas (USA)
From the Chancellery:
It's vastly documented that the Ghassanids were one of the first Christian knights 500 years before the first Crusade and the creation of the first orders of chivalry. However, they weren’t organized in orders ‘per se’ as the European crusader orders would be, even though they fought under banners of religious icons like Christ Pantokrator, Michael Archangel, and Saint Sergius, their patrons. They also held to a code of ethics, Muru’a, which included honor, loyalty, generosity, forgiveness, and protecting women, children, the elderly, and the infirm. Therefore, although the Royal House of Ghassan has ancient authority as pioneers of Christian knights (in Arabic, Faris, and Farisa), it doesn’t claim any legatary connection with any historical order of chivalry or merit.
All honors and awards for the ancient dynastic House of Ghassan are those of the modern House. The honors related to the historic calvary of the House and the banners under which it was organized, namely Christ Pantokrator, Michael Archangel, and Saint Sergius, are "new" honors and awards of a chivalric character founded by the head of a formerly reigning dynasty... or in the case of the House of Ghassan as an Arab Christian House, by the Head of House with the council of the royal sheiks.