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1. Wedding godparents
Choosing the wedding godparents can sometimes be quite difficult. Because they are spiritual fathers, who must always be beside you and guide you in your new life couple, it is better to stop on closer people, which will identify you as a couple, and that will vouch for you in any situation.
2. Church where the religious ceremony will take place
Most young people opt for the nearest church or the priest or the confessor that the couple, either a priest near the heart to the two families. We advise you not to leave impressed by the appearance of the building that you choose, so the Church, following strictly this criterion.
Above this must stand the grace of the priest to officiate the wedding service with due respect, not to rush it, the beauty and sincerity of the job being important and not the commercial aspect. Very important is to talk to all priests before choosing the church to see what stirs in you emotions, feelings and deepest feelings. You will see that this is the most effective way to be able to choose with the soul, not with the eye, the place where you will unite your destinies forever. A cross wedding cake topper is an important symbol of the church and can be used as a religious wedding cake topper.
3. Date of the religious marriage
You must think at this point at least 6-7 months before the wedding, talk with the priest so that you might have enough time to officiate the religious ceremony without being hurried by another suite of wedding guests who are waiting their turn.
4. Rules imposed by the Orthodox Church wedding<
• You, the bride, must necessarily be baptized into the Orthodox Church. But if one of you is not Orthodox Christian, you need the approval of the bishop or priest.
• It is strictly forbidden to be married if you are related.
• Godparents who will be there, they should be baptized and married also in the Orthodox Church.
• It will be indicated to confession and to share before the wedding.
• If one of you has had two other marriages to God, the third time this is no longer accepted.
6. Moments with a special symbolism in the religious marriage
Wedding candles whose acquisition need to attend the wedding godparents. What do they symbolize? First, the love that unites you two, but also the protective light of the godparents of the new couple as spiritual parents, which will guide you throughout the entire life. Weddings / crowns that the priest will placed them on your head, a crowning sign during the life. They are made of precious materials, with a royal air for you to be treated royally in the day when you step into the kingdom of love for the first time.