The Orthodox wedding ceremony in Greece, has many religious symbolism’s. There are many different customs connected to the wedding, during, before or after the ceremony.
The Greek Orthodox wedding consists of two parts, the engagement and the stefanoma ( where the wedding crowns are used). All weddings are performed by an Orthodox priest and only on the churches grounds. However there are some dates during which religious weddings cannot be performed in Greece:
In addition, weddings cannot be performed on the celebration of the saint after whom the temple is named.
If you are interested in having an Orthodox wedding in Greece, you should know that:
According to the above, the Orthodox wedding demands more documents than the civil and the ceremony runs longer.
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