The dream of every couple in love is to have an unusual and original wedding.
To do this, you need to decide on the choice of style, according to what traditions and at what time the celebration will take place. Over time, wedding customs have changed significantly. For example, in the old days, an Orthodox wedding was celebrated for two days, and during church fasts such events were never held, so the date of the celebration was chosen according to the Orthodox calendar. However, even today many old traditions are included in the wedding scenario.
Hen and stag parties
A few days before the wedding, it is customary to organize hen and stag parties. Several centuries ago, these traditions were marked by the last meetings of the bride with her friends, and the groom with his friends. These events were sad in nature and were accompanied by sad songs. Nowadays, such events are held in a fun and comic form.
In the morning, before the wedding ceremony, the newlyweds had to receive a blessing from their parents. Only after this sacred action could the wedding celebration continue. The groom, in turn, had to prepare a bouquet for his future wife, and a box with beautiful souvenir trinkets for the bridesmaids.
Bride ransom
Any Orthodox wedding begins with a bride price. At this event, the groom had to show himself in all his glory and demonstrate to the guests that he was worthy of being the one. During the ransom, it is customary to organize competitions, sing songs and collect money. This tradition dates back to the distant past and the idea is that the groom must pay a lot of money to get the opportunity to marry his bride. The modern ransom scenario is somewhat different: money does not play the main role, and often toy bills are used instead of real bills. More attention is paid to organizing an interesting program of tests and competitions for the groom. As a result of successful completion of the tasks, the groom gives a bouquet to the bride.
The right words are important
I will not give scenarios for this ritual. Those who wish can find many of them on the Internet. Therefore, I will only dwell on some important stages of matchmaking. We have already discussed what to tell matchmakers above.
The newlywed candidate, even if he came with them, must remain silent. The matchmakers are the first to speak. As usual, at the end of the greeting and notification of the purpose of the visit, they usually say: “We have an excellent merchant, he will be a decent father. He is also a good husband and a reliable protector. We'll tell you everything and show the groom. Whether you like it or not, we’ll ask your beauty.”
Then they can come up with a series of comic tests for the girl or, for example, give an answer to questions like “If you wash a pan, which side do you rub longer - outside or inside?” etc.
On the part of the betrothed, a number of tasks and tricky questions can also be prepared to test the skills of the candidate for husband. Here, as they say, you can have a lot of fun.
But the stage of the marriage proposal, when the guy turns to the father and mother of the young woman with a request to marry his daughter to him, is completely serious. When this is done, at the beginning of matchmaking or when everyone sits down at the table, it doesn’t matter. But the fact that this moment requires the most serious approach should be remembered.
In general, the matchmaking ceremony requires special preparation. After all, if relatives on the fiancée’s side can respond and act impromptu during it, then matchmakers should know what and when to say. Often their speeches are spoken in prose, but there are also poems for matchmaking on the part of the groom, for example:
Welcome under your roof, owners! We have come to you from afar. But our business is not easy: There lives with us a well-done prince, a brave daring man in all matters. One day he saw a beautiful firebird, in all respects his queen, and since then the young man has been yearning. We came to your house to look for this girl. We brought you a great guy! The merchant is excellent for your product! Dressed to the nines - looks decent, has its own corner and personal transport. There is money - not poor, easy character - character is not harmful. How's it going with your fiancee? Are you ready for marriage yet?
Of course, modern collusion is mainly just a tribute to customs. After all, only in the remote outback can you find a serious approach to this matter. For the most part, now it’s just an acquaintance between the parents of the bride and groom. Therefore, the scenario of this event has been greatly simplified and is not as significant as before.
But some couples are trying to somehow revive long-standing traditions in order to make the wedding celebration more vibrant and memorable. I would like to hope that my story will help them in some way. Good luck!
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Marriage
After the ransom, the newlyweds and guests go to the registry office to officially conclude the marriage. According to tradition, before this important moment, relatives and friends say congratulations and parting words to the newlyweds. You can also congratulate the newlyweds by reading a touching poem.
At the registry office, the newlyweds fill out all the necessary documentation and officially become husband and wife. Then the guests are invited to a small buffet, where congratulations on the wedding day continue.
When the newlyweds leave the registry office building, a very beautiful and touching ceremony is held. Guests shower the newlyweds with rose petals and fake banknotes. It has long been believed that such a ritual will bring wealth and prosperity to the upcoming family life.
Next comes the most important Orthodox custom - the wedding. According to legend, a wedding seals marriage in heaven.
After all the formal wedding events are completed, there is usually little time left before the evening's celebratory feast. Therefore, the most picturesque place in the city is usually chosen, where the newlyweds and invited guests take pictures and walk. Instead of a walk, you can visit the groom's house, where the bread and salt ceremony takes place. This is also an ancient wedding tradition. The newlyweds are greeted by the husband's parents with a prepared loaf of bread. The husband and wife take turns taking a bite. Whose piece is larger will be the head of the family.
Entertainment show program
Just a few unique numbers of the wedding show program can turn a wedding into a real fairy tale, create a mood of magic, and awaken in the hearts of all those present a feeling of endless positivity and childish delight. After all, guests will see something that is not found at every wedding. Memorized jokes and boring toastmaster competitions give way to real art. To organize a show program, you will have to invite artists to the wedding - ballet, illusionists, mimes.
Hire a good caricature artist to entertain your guests, and you will bring something unusual, bright, and cheerful to the holiday. Funny cartoons and caricatures will amuse the guests, the wedding will be filled with smiles, and everyone will be in a great mood. It may seem only at first glance that anyone can draw a cartoon in a few minutes. Such work requires from a person, in addition to the skills of a portrait artist, also a sense of humor, speed and dexterity of movements. Caricature at a wedding must be truly talented, so as not to offend the guest, but to make them laugh in a friendly way.
It is difficult to imagine a wedding program without choreographic groups. It is important that the dances performed correspond to the general focus of the holiday. If you are having a wedding in a gypsy or oriental style, choose a dance group that specializes in such numbers. A classic European wedding requires an exquisite program that will please all guests. This could be a show ballet, where elegant dancers perform to classical music, or exotic numbers with bright, shiny carnival costumes, as shown in the photo below.
Large live toys will help fill the pauses in the show program, avoiding boring, awkward moments at the wedding. Fairy tale and cartoon characters will delight the audience as soon as they appear in the hall. They are simply irreplaceable at a wedding, they will sing and dance along with the guests, and will become the brightest participants in the program. You will get original wedding photos. Every adult, touching such a living toy, will become a child for a moment and have a lot of fun. There is nothing to say about the children; they always dreamed of holding the hand of the fabulous Cheburashka or Mickey Mouse.
Cartoon animals are great fun for any holiday, but live ones are even better! Do you want an original wedding that no one you know has ever had? Invite a trainer with a live bear or monkey. The show numbers with the participation of pets will significantly enliven the holiday - guests will want to come closer, pet the animal, and take a photo with it. A large macaw parrot will amuse guests at a wedding with its conversations and will even sit on their shoulders with pleasure. And during your first wedding dance, a pair of gorgeous peacocks will spread their tails right on the dance floor.
Don't want animals? Then invite a real pop star to your wedding. Just keep in mind that the program with her participation will be expensive, stars do not come to private events for free, this is how they earn a lot of money. In determining the amount of remuneration, only the degree of celebrity of the star matters. For example, Ivanushki “International” will come to your holiday for 8 thousand euros, the groups “Factory” or “Brilliant” - for 15, and Dima Bilan’s visit to the wedding will cost as much as 60 thousand euros. Do you have such finances? Then you hold all the cards!
Festive feast
The wedding banquet lasts until late at night. Before the guests arrive, the host, the toastmaster, is already waiting for everyone in the hall, whose role is to come up with entertainment and express congratulations and wishes to the newlyweds. Each of those present is also given the right to personally congratulate the newlyweds and present them with a gift, both material and spiritual. Often, as a gift, guests read poetry, dance, sing, or stage a skit about the love story of the young people. A very unusual wedding greeting is recitations accompanied by bewitching and enchanting phonograms of the sounds of nature.
The wedding of believers is not carried out in boredom: all kinds of fun games have long been part of wedding life.
Here are the most famous games at weddings:
- Fire and Water. The bottom line is this: the husband and wife are given cards - with lights and water. Difficult situations are written on the cards with lights that the wife pulls out. The husband pulls out a card with water on which the solution to the conflict is written.
- Segregation of duties. For this game you will need a prop in the form of a daisy, on the petals of which household chores are written. The young take turns tearing off the petals and seeing who will have to do what.
- Test for guests. “People are greeted by their clothes” is a well-known folk saying. What can the color of his outfit say about a person? Thanks to the game you can find out!
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Key differences of a Christian wedding
Despite the loss of contact with our ancestors, the Orthodox celebration, like no other, was able to preserve all the ancient customs and scenarios to the maximum.
Traditionally, such an event takes place in a church and is called a wedding. Before carrying out such a ceremony, the newlyweds come to talk with the priest, who already makes a decision and says whether he will perform the wedding with the married couple or not.
Then the spouses go to the registry office, where they go through official registration. This is one of the mandatory parts, since currently priests do not register those unions that do not have valid legal force.
Only the closest relatives gather for the wedding itself. As a rule, this is 10-15 people. The ceremony itself lasts quite a long time, so it is better not to take sick, elderly and small children to it, who will find it difficult to withstand the entire procession. After the wedding ceremony, it is believed that the couple is with God's Grace. Now she will build a strong and reliable family.
In Rus' and among Orthodox people, wedding is an important sacrament for which young people are prepared. Before the ceremony, they attend church, communicate with the priest, and confess. After cleansing from all sins, the priest conducts a ceremony. At the same time, it is extremely important for him to make sure that the young people consciously take an important action in their lives.
Script ideas
Christian wedding script.
An Orthodox celebration does not mean that guests pray and read church messages all day. Far away, no. Sometimes, having attended such a party, you can hardly make out that believers are walking. Basically, the difference lies in either the minimum amount of alcohol or its complete absence.
This is interesting: An original wedding script in verse for a toastmaster
The newlyweds are greeted at the entrance to the restaurant by the presenter and the guests. There is a white or red ribbon at the door. The presenter says that now the young people need to join hands, cut the band and enter into a new life.
As soon as the newlyweds cross the threshold, the groom’s parents approach them, holding a loaf of bread and an icon with a candle. The young people must kiss the icon, cross themselves, and then pinch off a loaf. In the course of this, it will be possible to find out who should be the head of the family. In the future, it is better to break the loaf and give it to all the guests.
Next, a symbolic path opens in front of the young people. Guests stand on both sides with a lit candle in their hands. The host says that the groom needs to carry the bride across the path, which is sanctified by the Lord. The groom carries his wife, and they sit down at the festive table.
Christian wedding.
Traditionally, the first toast is made by the wedding host, thereby setting all the guests in the appropriate festive mood. The presenter offers a drink to the personal happiness and material well-being of the married couple.
The number called “Let your children go” looks touching. The young are tied with beautiful ribbons to their parents. Mother and father say parting words and then cut the ribbons. After this, the bride and groom are tied together, saying that they are now an indivisible team with a strong bond.
Throughout the evening there is dance music selected to suit modern needs. The only thing you need to take into account is the absence of profanity. Otherwise, the musical background will be no different from a regular wedding celebration.
Customs and traditions at an Orthodox wedding
Absolutely all Orthodox events are held in strict compliance with customs and traditions. And this is not just a whim, but a real necessity.
- Matchmaking.
- Bride.
- Engagement.
- Bachelorette and bachelor parties.
- Wedding.
- Celebration.
The first and most important custom at the Orthodox holiday was matchmaking. Previously, young people never decided who they wanted to marry. This was entirely the task of the parents. They chose a suitable candidate and sent matchmakers to the bride’s house. Guests always came in the evening on a day off, so as to be sure to find everyone at home at a convenient time.
The matchmakers did not directly say why they came, but they made it clear in hints what they wanted to get. The girl's parents could not give a quick answer; they veiledly avoided answering. The next day, the parents went to the groom’s house to understand the family’s financial situation.
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The groom's relatives received the dear guests with honors, set the festive table and tried in every possible way to please the bride's parents. If the bride's parents agreed to their daughter's marriage, they invited the groom and his relatives to visit them. If something did not satisfy them, they soon left the young man’s house.
The matchmaking was followed by a viewing party, at which both the bride and groom were judged. The bride and groom were brought out to the viewing party in festive clothes. They looked each other over and decided if they wanted the upcoming wedding. If the young people did not want to get married, they turned away and left home.
An important point is the betrothal, which in all cases takes place in the church according to their canons. The ritual is performed by the priest, who informs the bride and groom what such an act entails.
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How to choose Christian wedding contests
When two people who love each other decide to unite their destinies and become a family, it’s wonderful. It is even more touching if they do this not only in front of people, but also in front of God.
A Christian wedding is a celebration of a special format, more spiritual, pure, sublime than an ordinary worldly marriage. But it’s still a holiday, and it’s just as fun, noisy and joyful. Guests sing songs, read poetry, dance, play games, and act out Christian scenes for the wedding.
Cool poems for the groom's matchmaking party
Parents' words to the Groom:
You are apparently a good matchmaker, and gifts for our daughter. come give us a more expensive one, You won’t find another bride!
Good matchmakers, rich, and they easily wooed our daughter. Let's sing a cheerful song, you're more interesting to us!
We raised our daughter with our care and warmth, We gave her everything, we loved her and bought her everything. Now we agree to give you the go-ahead to give the wedding and give away your dear daughter to the groom!
Wow, matchmakers are good today! They're tongue-tied, they say it so sweetly! And we are ready to give our beloved daughter so that life can be just as smooth!
You are matchmakers, Today, we have reached our hearts, Your words, songs and poems are good! Let this marriage be the happiest, Let the wife be a tender delight for her husband!
The matchmakers' words did not come:
We are matchmaking today to match your daughter - the Groom, a curly-haired beauty, she really likes her!
We, good matchmakers, bring happiness to everyone and today we ask your daughter to marry!
Matchmakers are the kind of people that you won’t forget for a long time. Today we have come to your home and happiness shines all around!
We will woo you today, we will not forget to praise you and your kindness, we will not forget to make you happy, and we will easily woo you!
Respectable Vamsvat brought treats, flowers, and offered to give you the bride. Such a groom needs to be taken urgently!
Poems for matchmaking
Features of choosing competitions
When coming up with scenarios and content for a Christian wedding, you should be careful about the choice of skits and competitions. Of course, they should not contain vulgarity, swagger, or disrespect towards girls or anyone else.
Also, those that are aimed at “extorting” money from guests are not suitable - guests will bring gifts anyway, why introduce people into unnecessary expenses, because the goal of the event is not the maximum replenishment of the budget.
You should not choose those entertainments that are associated with superstitions - Christian believers do not ignore signs, and therefore this will be inappropriate. It is best to give preference to such scenes that will maintain a festive atmosphere, sparkling humor, which will allow the young people and guests to have a lot of fun and not feel awkward about what is happening.
The scenes may also contain religious motifs that support the themes of fidelity, love, patience and other qualities necessary in marriage.
Bottom line
Of course, at present it is simply impossible to hold a Christian wedding, observing absolutely every custom. But if you look at it as a whole, it is quite appropriate to use only some points. For example, now more and more people are abandoning bridesmaids and matchmaking. But there's nothing wrong with that.
Modernity dictates its own rules. The newlyweds already choose their partner, bringing them to their parents’ house for blessing. The wedding, which is held under the church vaults, is still mandatory and is considered the main stage of a Christian wedding.
