Category Archives: Engagements

Share Your Greek Wedding Story!

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Greek Weddings and Traditions - Celebrating traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation.

Are you a bride to be or a nifi in training?

Do you remember your own Big Fat Greek Wedding?

Did you get married in Greece?

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If you answered YES to any of these questions then we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for brides, grooms and koumbari who are willing to share their wedding story with us here on the Greek Weddings and Traditions blog.

Send an email to sia@greekweddingtraditions.com to express your interest.

Share Your Wedding Story

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Which Greek Wedding Traditions Did You Celebrate?

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Should I Wear My Engagement Ring on The Left Hand?

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In the Greek Orthodox Church the Priest puts the rings on the right hand of the Bride and the Groom.

Some people then change the rings to their left hand and others keep the rings on their right hand.

I plan to keep my wedding ring on my right hand but what should i do about my engagement ring?

I have recently been told that you should only wear your wedding ring on your right hand and that your engagement ring should stay on the left.

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So should i wear my Engagement ring on my left hand?
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Diamonds or Pearls?

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engagement rings with pearls

I thought it was strange that my yiayia’s wore a pearl ring on her wedding finger and then i recently discovered that this is a normal custom in Greece.

According to a website i found (jewllery catalogue), pearls used to be more valuable than diamonds. This is because when pearls first arrived in Europe from the Middle East, they were more expensive.

The pearl is known as the “stone of sincerity” and it promote faith, charity, innocence, integrity, truth and loyalty.

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What do you prefer for your engagement ring,
diamonds or pearls ?
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Engagement Tables

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What should be on the engagement table?

Icons?
– Anything specific?
– What is its religious/ceremonial meaning?
– How should it be displayed?

Rings?
– Do the rings have to be “new” (meaning that the to be bride can not wear her engagement ring until it is actually blessed?)
– Should they be in a box?

Silver Platter?

Sugar Almonds?
– How many?
– Do the almonds have the same symbolic meaning as the wedding bomboniere (health, wealth, happiness, fertility and long life)?

Flowers?
– Are they just for decoration?

Rose Petals?
– What colour?
– What do they represent?

The cake?
– Do you cut the cake at the same time as the blessing of the rings?
– Does the cake stay out from the beginning of the night?

Champers?

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What do you think should be on the engagement table?
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