What does the Church think about Mixed Religious Marriage?
I am a lapsed Orthodox trying to come back into the church, but my wife is not Orthodox. I had a civil marriage and she agreed to have an Orthodox wedding when I get back from Iraq. Any adivce for me?
In Christ
Nektarios
Pray to God to guide you to an honorable Priest and let him,rather then us answer your question, from my experience-civil Marriage isnt recognized, BUT-yes i said BUT, it makes things easier...
because although you married outside the Church, you still showed some sort of morals, and respect to those around you, and now Its time to respect and glorify God, by Holy Matrimony in his CHURCH ...
what more could you want, Youve decided to come back to Orthodox and your wife is willing to marry you in an Orthodox Church-Glory to God for all things, the key is he has preserved you to come back and bring someone special into the church With you...That is truely a Beautiful gift from God and you should ponder on that for the rest of your life and seek his commandments and the teachings of the holy Fathers of the church for a rewarding life with your Wife to Be, both here on earth and the life of the age to come...aside from shopping for wedding rings(unless you already have some) a pair of prayer books is on the agenda to buy- May i suggest The Jordanville Prayer book, it also has some good instructions in the back..........
God`s Help for you and your comrades in Iraq, and for your wife and all of us outside Iraq...
Nektarios wrote:What does the Church think about Mixed Religious Marriage?
I am a lapsed Orthodox trying to come back into the church, but my wife is not Orthodox. I had a civil marriage and she agreed to have an Orthodox wedding when I get back from Iraq. Any adivce for me?In Christ
Nektarios
Will your wife become Orthodox? If so, will it be only to have a religious wedding?
Priidite, poklonimsja i pripadem ko Hristu.
Jean-Serge wrote:Will your wife become Orthodox? If so, will it be only to have a religious wedding?
OK, The only way that you would have an Orthodox wedding it is that your wife become Orthodox
Priest Siluan wrote:Jean-Serge wrote:Will your wife become Orthodox? If so, will it be only to have a religious wedding?
OK, The only way that you would have an Orthodox wedding it is that your wife become Orthodox
Unfortunately in many world orthodox juridiction, they celebrate mixed marriages if one member of the couple is christian... Sometimes, they impose a condition : that the children be baptized in the orthodox church... However, in Georgia, the "state" church is faithful to the canons and does not celebrate mixed weddings...
Priidite, poklonimsja i pripadem ko Hristu.
Jean-Serge wrote:Unfortunately in many world orthodox juridiction, they celebrate mixed marriages if one member of the couple is christian... Sometimes, they impose a condition : that the children be baptized in the orthodox church... However, in Georgia, the "state" church is faithful to the canons and does not celebrate mixed weddings...
Maybe they use the Economy for "gain" a whole family and being based on some words of Apostle Paul, however I believe that a correct reception in the Orthodoxy of non orthodox spouse should be the general rule and this is the Traditional practice.
