Blaine C. Clay Lodge # 14

John the Baptist, whose feast day is 24th June, and St John the Evangelist, whose festival is celebrated on 27th December, are regarded as the "patron saints" of freemasonry and in some lodges meetings may be held on those days. A number of possible explanations for the association of these two saints with freemasonry have been put forward including the fact that the dates in the Christian calendar which mark their feasts are close to the Summer and Winter solstices and therefore link freemasonry with ancient customs.