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Hello, everyone! In a recent Facebook posting [ facebook.com], I learned of a Greek tradition of saving the marriage crowns and then burying them with the last surviving spouse. Is anyone else familiar with this tradition? Is it practiced outside of Greek Orthodoxy? Do other Orthodox or perhaps even Greek Catholics have this custom? Is anyone familiar with its origins? Messdiener
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The only tradition that remotely resembles this one that I am familiar with is that of burying hatchets with the in-laws . . .
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Alex,
An age-old custom in your neck of the woods? Hahaha!
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Nope...never heard of this. Neither crowns nor hatchets for that matter.
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OK, OK, the hatchet-burying is a relatively new tradition . . .  The only other burying ceremonies I'm familiar with is that of burying a St Joseph statue in case one wants to sell one's house successfully . . . and the Ethiopian Orthodox do bury icons wrapped in elephant/goat skin as votives. Alex
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The tradition must very between different parts of Greece, because my Grandmother had her and my Grandfather's stefana/crowns with my Grandfather. My Mother told me that the stefana are buried with the first spouse to pass away in order to show that the second one can get married and someday maybe love again. On second thought, though, I think I prefer the tradition of burying them with the last spouse.
In keeping with the theme of the forum, I'm not sure if the Eastern Catholics in Greece (or if any still live in Turkish Thrace) have the same tradition. Very little exists about them on the Internet.
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Must be Greek. In the Slavic parish I grew up in, the Church owned a set of silver crowns that someone brought from Russia at least 100 years ago, and each time there is a wedding, we reuse those (you can tell we're a poor parish!)
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I've been told that the wedding crowns differ between Greek and Slavic use. The Slavic weddings I've been invited to use crowns that are owned by the parish and have been made of metal. I've seen references to the crowns used in Greek weddings and they seem to be made of material that allows the spouses to keep them. I've also seen frames advertised in which the Greek crowns are to be saved and displayed in the home.
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