On Sunday March 17, 2013, Deputy Grand Knight Fred Struck was awarded the Patriarchal Cross of Jerusalem for his many years of dedication and service to Saint George Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Sacramento. The presentation of the Cross took place at the Divine Liturgy by Bishop Nicholas Samra, Eparch of Newton Massachusetts. The certificate which accompanied the Cross read “We, Gregory III Laham Melkite Greek Catholic  Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem Bestow the Cross of Jerusalem upon Reader Frederick Struck in recognition of his devotion to the Holy Land and his services rendered to Our Patriarchate with all of the prerogatives attached to said Cross.”