Wedding Crashers – Greek Style

The receiving line inside the church where you thank your guests
If you were married in a traditional ceremony in a church in a small town in Crete, Greece, this might be what your beautiful post-wedding moments would look like. The celebration of your marriage would be proceeded by a religious service in the Church before a priest, and followed by a dinner and probably dancing at a reception hall or restaurant close by. Then, you’d be driven off in a flower-bedecked nice car to spend your wedding night together. In reality, a traditional Greek wedding is a far cry from My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Stopping to kiss the icons of the saints

In the priest’s ante-chambers signing the official marriage papers

Exiting the church

Passing under an arch of flowers and sparklers held by your guests before they shower you with rice
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