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hello all, I am a lurker on this forum and haven't posted much before... My boyfriend proposed and we are now engaged to be married! We are very blessed to have a Byzantine priest for our ceremony! I would like to enlist anyone's help in preparing a note to send out to some family members and friends who are not familiar with the Byzantine rite. We are looking for help with a note to send out with the invitations as well as help with the program itself. THANK YOU in advance!

Here is a sample bulletin used at wedding services in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. You could probably cut and past items that you want to use:
http://www.ukrainian-orthodoxy.org/questions/2006/marriageCeremony.doc

Greek Orthodox:
(1) The text of the Holy Mystery of Marriage itself, available online in
three parts at the following links:
http://www.anastasis.org.uk/marriage.htm
http://www.anastasis.org.uk/betrotha.htm
http://www.anastasis.org.uk/crowning.htm

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other info:
http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/articles/answers/wedding.htm

Historical view: Western Canada:
http://www.smokylake.com/history/settlement/ukrainianwedding.htm

I believe that our poster 'doulos' had recently inquired and foundout about the very same thing with her daughter's wedding.

Please contact her via p.m. I believe that she will be able to help you. Just go to directory and find her name, and it will link you to her p.m. icon.

....and by the way: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

In Christ,
Alice, Moderator

This link has some usefull tid-bits here and there as well:

The Ritual of Marriage in the Byzantine Rite [byzantines.net]

Congratualtions!
BlessedByzGirl

Thanks so much for already providing so much info!
Just on a happy side note - the wonderful man who proposed to me and is now my fiance is the moderater of the byzantines.net site! hopefully after our crowning I will begin helping keep that site up a bit more! Christ is definitely among us!