The Consistory confers the 19th to the 32nd degrees inclusive. These degrees, often elaborate and highly dramatic, cover a variety of approaches to Masonic teaching. Lessons of compassion, piety and justice are exemplified in the 24th degree while the 30th degree shows us what is right and just in our lives today with a belief in God, country and oneself. The 31st degree is the judicial branch of the Scottish Rite and the 32nd degree is the military degree. The Consistory usually holds its Annual Reunions in April of each year.
The degrees under the jurisdiction of the Nova Scotia Sovereign Consistory include:
19° Grand Pontiff
20° Master ad Vitam
21° Patriarch Noachite
22° Prince of Libanus
23° Chief of the Tabernacle
24° Prince of the Tabernacle
25° Knight of the Brazen Serpent
26° Prince of Mercy
27° Commander of the Temple
28° Knight of the Sun
29° Knight of St. Andrew
30° Knight Kadosh
31° Inspector Inquisitor Commander
32° Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret