For a long time in Russia it was believed that the blessing received from parents for family life is the most important stage in the wedding ceremony and is the key to a strong union. Together with him, a young family receives protection from evil and other negativity. Nowadays, the blessing of parents is the first speech they give at a wedding, and it sounds, as a rule, after the ransom of the bride.
Instructions
Step 1
Before the trip to register at the registry office, the young are blessed by the bride's parents for a long and happy family life. They make this speech on the threshold of the house, since it is believed that a new life is already waiting for them beyond the threshold. In order for the joint road to family life to be successful, the bride and groom should be accompanied by kind words and wishes. In addition, the blessing of the parents will also be an approval of the choice of a spouse. It is customary for young people to go to register a marriage in different cars.
Step 2
After the registry office, the newlyweds are greeted by their parents with bread and salt on an embroidered towel. At the entrance there is a “carpet of well-being” in the form of an ordinary carpet path, on which no one should step before the newlyweds. In the congratulatory speech of the parents, the main emphasis is on the words "Bless" and the wish "Advice and love." All other words can be the most common, the main thing is that they are pronounced from the heart.
Step 3
In order to receive the parents' blessing before the wedding in the church, you will need the oldest icon in the house or the icon of the Mother of God, which is a “female” icon and the bride is blessed with it. The “male” icon for the blessing of the groom can be the icon of the Savior or Nicholas the Pleasant. As a token of gratitude and respect, the young kneel in front of their parents. Parents bless the groom and the bride, three times creating a cross over their heads with icons, at the same time uttering a parting speech and wishes for love, peace and harmony. The young take icons with them to the church, and then to the house in which they will live after the wedding.
Step 4
The bride, planning to conduct a ceremony of blessing with her parents, should find out how her chosen one will react to him. And also you need to first discuss this with the parents of both the groom and the bride. In the event that someone is against the rite of blessing according to the Orthodox tradition, there is no need to insist on it. Nowadays, it is more traditional to bless young people with parting words for marriage without holding an Orthodox ceremony.
