Select Page

The Supreme Council of the Order of the Knights of Rizal conferred the Distinguished Service Medal on ๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐š-๐Š๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ, ๐Š๐‚๐‘ ๐ƒ๐’๐Œ, on Saturday, 4 October 2025, during the ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ held at Hotel Duo in Prague, Czechia.

The medal was presented by ๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ ๐€. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ, ๐Š๐†๐‚๐‘, ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, in the presence of distinguished leaders of the Order: ๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐จ, ๐Š๐†๐‚๐‘, ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ; ๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฌ, ๐Š๐†๐‚๐‘, ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ; and๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ง๐ข๐š, ๐Š๐†๐Ž๐‘, ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ, among other Regional and Chapter Commanders across Europe.
The ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ are conferred in ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ. They honour individuals who embody the ideals of Dr. Josรฉ Rizal through outstanding contributions to civic, cultural, and community advancement.
This recognition celebrates Sir Chrisโ€™s unwavering ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ to upholding Rizalian ideals while fostering unity and camaraderie within the Filipino community in the Netherlands.
Under hisย leadership (2024โ€“2025), the Amsterdam Chapter has achieved remarkable milestones:

โœ…
โ€œ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š ๐Š๐š! โ€“ ๐€ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œโ€ โ€“ a grand celebration of the 126th Philippine Independence Day at Amstelkerk featuring the UP Concert Chorus, in partnership with the Philippine Embassy in The Hague.
โœ… ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐จ๐ฌรฉ ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ with the Filipino community and special guest Ambassador J. Eduardo Malaya.
โœ… ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง in partnership with the Doctorโ€™s van De Wereld, Santโ€™Egidio Community, and Ayuda sa Amsterdam.
โœ…๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ข๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  in partnership with the Dutch Red Cross, Santโ€™Egidio Community, and Ayuda sa Amsterdam.
โœ… ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ โ€œ๐Š๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐š ๐€๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฆโ€ โ€“ a monthly kamustahan over coffee to strengthen community ties, in collaboration with Ayuda sa Amsterdam and Santโ€™Egidio Netherlands.
โœ… ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Š๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐š๐ ๐ž to promote Rizalian values online.
โœ… ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž to encourage membership and spread Rizalian ideals.
โœ… โ€œ๐๐ž ๐š ๐Š๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅโ€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง โ€“ inspiring others to join and live by the principles of Dr. Rizal.
Each of these initiatives reflects the true spirit of๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐›๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ก๐š๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ in action.
โ€œTuwing babanggit natin na mahal natin ang Pilipinas, alalahanin natin ang sambayanang bumubuo nito. Alalahanin natin ang mga manggagawang Pilipino na nangingibang-bayan upang itaguyod ang kanilang pamilya sa Pilipinas. Let us continue to serve our country by serving its people, making their welfare the very core of our actions.โ€
โ€” Sir Chris Sta Brigida-Kopp, KCR DSM