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The York Rite is actually a grouping of separate Rites joined in order, namely the Capitular Rite or Royal Arch Masons [General Grand Chapter - Royal Arch Masons International], the Cryptic Rite or Cryptic Masons [General Grand Council - Cryptic Masons International] and the Chivalric Orders or Knights Templar [Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America].

The bodies of the York Rite are:

Royal Arch Masonry [RAM]

Royal Arch Masonry is the first order a Master Mason joins in the York Rite. The Chapter works the following degrees:
1] The Mark Master Mason degree.
2] The "Virtual" Past Master degree.
3] The Most Excellent Master degree.
4] The Royal Arch Mason degree.

Cryptic Masonry [CM]

It is called Cryptic Masonry or the Cryptic Rite because a crypt or underground room figures prominently in the degrees:
1] Royal Master degree
2] Select Master degree
3] Super Excellent Master degree

Knights Templar [KT]

The Knights Templar is the final order joined in the York Rite. Unlike other Masonic bodies which only require a belief in a Supreme Being regardless of religion, The Knights Templar require you to promise to defend the Christian faith. The Knights Templar consists of three orders:
1] Illustrious Order of the Red Cross
2] Order of the Knights of Malta [Order of Malta]
3] Order of the Temple