Order of the Diaconus

Order of the Diaconus ORDINIS DE IN DIACONUS (la)
The belt of the Order, circumscribed around the members arms
Awarded by the Sovereign of Ikonia
Type	Dynastic
Established	2 January 2019
Country	Ikonia
Motto	Latin: IKONIA•LIBERTATEM (Liberty for Ikonia)
Criteria	At the discretion of the Monarch
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign	King Abrams I
Classes	Royal Knight/Lady Companion Knight/Lady Companion Stranger Knight/Lady Companion
Post-nominals	KD LD SKD SLD
Statistics
First induction	2 January 2019
Last induction	22 December 2020
Total inductees	12
Precedence
Next (higher)	Highest
Next (lower)	Order of St Thomas and St Andrew
Riband of a Knight/Lady of the Diaconus

The Order of the Diaconus is the highest chivalric order in the Kingdom of Ikonia founded by the King Abrams I on 2 January 2019 to recognize the garter on the royal coat of arms of Ikonia. With 12 members, it is the second-most awarded order in Ikonia.

The order's emblem is a cyan belt, with the words IKONIA•LIBERTATEM (Latin: Liberty for Ikonia) in black lettering.

Insignia

The member, upon appointing, may wear a four-inch (10.16 cm)-wide sash worn over their left shoulder to their right hip. The arms of the Order may be worn on this sash on the left breast, unless in military uniform with medals. Also, a breast star may be worn with the sash, though not without.

In heraldry, if an alternate order is worn over the Diaconus, the neck badge, with the colored aqua from the belt that was awarded is worn.

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  Wearing of the Order
  1. Neck badge 2. Sash with arms 3. Sash without arms 4. Sash with medals

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  Breast star

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  Heraldic circlet (Aqua)

Composition

The Order is considered a personal gift from the sovereign, where he doesn't require permission from government to appoint members. Membership consists of Knights or Ladies Companion, and various Supernumerary members. These include the Sovereign of the Order, Abrams I; various Royal Knights or Ladies Companion, all coming from the Royal House; and various Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion, which consists of foreign head of states that the Sovereign chooses.

Members ex officio

Name	Year of appointment	Present age	Banner	Notes
His Majesty The King	Sovereign since 2018	18		Sovereign of the Order of the Diaconus

Members

List of current members of the Order

Name	Date of appointment	Present age	Rank	Armorial	Banner
The Duke of Nikodemia	9 February 2019	19	Royal Knight Companion
Mother Emma	18 September 2020	53	Royal Knight Companion
Emperor of the Empire of Iustus	23 February 2019	20	Stranger Knight Companion
Emperor of the Empire of Adammia	23 February 2019	26	Stranger Knight Companion
Emperor of the Empire of Austenasia	23 February 2019	30	Stranger Knight Companion
Dylan Callahan	21 March 2019	28	Stranger Knight Companion
Duke of the Commonwealth of Naveria	26 September 2020	N/A	Stranger Knight Companion
King of Kapreburg	22 October 2020	13	Stranger Knight Companion
King of Gradonia	9 November 2020	17	Stranger Knight Companion
Haida Allen	22 December 2020	N/A	Knight Companion
King of Baustralia	25 December 2020	21	Stranger Knight Companion
Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra	1 January 2021	22	Stranger Knight Companion