The blessing of the parents of the bride and groom before the wedding in Russia has always been considered one of the important events on this day. Today, a blessing is not required, but most couples adhere to Russian traditions.
Instruction manual
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The first to bless the bride and groom are the parents of the bride. This happens immediately after the buyback and before registration and in the apartment.
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According to an ancient custom, parents should have an icon of the Savior and the Mother of God, and the oldest icon in the house will also be suitable. The bride and groom should kneel as a sign of respect and admiration for parents on a special rug or carpet. Parents cross young in the air three times and say parting words, wishing a happy family life and long joint years. This blessing is considered the permission of the bride’s parents to marry the groom, and also implies the bride’s voluntary consent to marry.
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After the parting speech of the bride’s parents, the young kiss and, together with all the guests and relatives, go to the registry office. And the icons that blessed the young are transferred to the newly created family and kept until the wedding of their children.
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Groom's parents should also bless the young couple on their wedding day. This moment comes after painting in the registry office in the house of the groom's parents. Sometimes a blessing occurs before entering the banquet hall, where it is planned to celebrate the wedding day. The bride and groom entering the building must walk in this case along a specially laid carpet path, it is also called the "well-being carpet". Mom of the groom holds a loaf of salt, and dad - an icon. The words of the blessing of the parents are spoken. They may be similar to the parting words of the bride’s parents, and may be sounded in verses - at the request of the parents.
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At the end of the words of blessing, all the guests, together with their parents, shout loudly to the young: "Bitter!"
note
All parents and young ones themselves must be baptized.
Useful advice
There are families within which their traditions and relics are rooted. During the blessing of the newlyweds, parents must certainly take this opportunity and pass the thing or family parting words to the bride and groom in order to preserve the traditions of the family and transfer it to the next generation.
- Parents blessing at a wedding
- words of parents at blessing
