Marriage - Revision history

Σταύρος at 19:50, May 20, 2023

2023-05-20T19:50:50Z

Dbiberdorf: Fix the fix to the Hopko entries on marriage

2021-09-23T14:31:38Z

Fix the fix to the Hopko entries on marriage

Dbiberdorf: Fix links to Hopko entries on marriage

2021-09-23T14:30:22Z

Fix links to Hopko entries on marriage

Fr Lev: /* Further reading */ added book and reorg

2018-07-18T18:04:12Z

‎Further reading: added book and reorg

Fr Lev at 18:46, July 13, 2018

2018-07-13T18:46:06Z

Fr Lev at 18:42, July 13, 2018

2018-07-13T18:42:54Z

Fr Lev: /* Divorce */

2018-07-13T18:21:29Z

‎Divorce

Fr Lev: /* Divorce */

2018-07-13T18:02:05Z

‎Divorce

Fr Lev at 18:01, July 13, 2018

2018-07-13T18:01:03Z

Fr Lev: /* Holy Matrimony */ added quote from Chrysostom

2018-07-13T16:13:25Z

‎Holy Matrimony: added quote from Chrysostom

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 [[el:Γάμος]]
 [[fr:Mariage]]
 [[mk:Брак]]
 [[ro:Căsătorie]]

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 *[http://www.holyghost-oca.org/orthodoxy/practices/wedding.htm The Right of Betrothal and Crowning] - Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Ambridge, Pennsylvania
 *[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/liturgical_texts/betrothal.asp The Service of Betrothal] and [http://goarch.org/en/chapel/liturgical_texts/wedding.asp The Service of the Crowning (The Service of Marriage)] ([[GOARCH]])
-*[https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/marriage (sacramental)] - ''The Orthodox Faith'' by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]], Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, NY.
+*[https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/marriage Marriage (sacramental)] - ''The Orthodox Faith'' by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]], Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, NY.
 *[https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/spirituality/sexuality-marriage-and-family/marriage1 Marriage (Christian life)] - ''The Orthodox Faith''
 *[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/marriage.aspx Marriage: The Great Sacrament] by Archimandrite [[Aimilianos (Vafeidis)|Aimilianos]] of [[Simonopetra Monastery (Athos)|Simonopetra]], [[Mount Athos]]

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 *[http://www.holyghost-oca.org/orthodoxy/practices/wedding.htm The Right of Betrothal and Crowning] - Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Ambridge, Pennsylvania
 *[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/liturgical_texts/betrothal.asp The Service of Betrothal] and [http://goarch.org/en/chapel/liturgical_texts/wedding.asp The Service of the Crowning (The Service of Marriage)] ([[GOARCH]])
-*[http://www.oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=56 Marriage (sacramental)] - ''The Orthodox Faith'' by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]], Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, NY.
+*[https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/marriage (sacramental)] - ''The Orthodox Faith'' by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]], Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, NY.
-*[http://www.oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=202 Marriage (Christian life)] - ''The Orthodox Faith''
+*[https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/spirituality/sexuality-marriage-and-family/marriage1 Marriage (Christian life)] - ''The Orthodox Faith''
 *[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/marriage.aspx Marriage: The Great Sacrament] by Archimandrite [[Aimilianos (Vafeidis)|Aimilianos]] of [[Simonopetra Monastery (Athos)|Simonopetra]], [[Mount Athos]]
 *[http://www.oca.org/DOCencyclical.asp?SID=12&ID=4 Encyclical Letter of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America on Marriage]

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 ==Further reading==
 *''The Sacrament of Love'' by [[Paul Evdokimov]]. (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2011.) ISBN 9780881413977
-*''The Experience of God: Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, vol. 5: The Sanctifying Mysteries'' by [[Dumitru Staniloae]] (Brookline: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2012.) ISBN 978-1-935317-29-6
+*''Attending to Your Marriage: A Resource for Christian Couples'' by Fr. Charles Joanides. (Minneapolis: Light and Life Publishing Company, 2006.) ISBN 1880971992
 *''On Marriage and Family Life'' by St. [[John Chrysostom]]. (Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997.) ISBN 9780913836866
 *''Preserve Them, O Lord'' by Fr. John Mack. (Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1996.) ISBN 1888212012
 *''Preparing for Marriage'' (Marriage in the Orthodox Church, v. 1) by Dr. Peter M. Kalellis. (Westfield, New Jersey: Ecumenical Publications, 1984.)
 *''Holy Matrimony'' (Marriage in the Orthodox Church, v. 2) by Dr. Peter M. Kalellis. (Westfield, New Jersey: Ecumenical Publications, 1984.)
 ==External links==

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 At the Betrothal service, the chief ceremony is the blessing and exchange of rings. The rings are blessed by the [[priest]] in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The couple then exchange the rings, taking the bride's ring and placing it on the groom's finger and vice-versa. Then they exchange them again, symbolizing that each spouse will constantly be complementing and enriching the other by the union. This is also an outward symbol that the two are joined in marriage of their own free will and consent. It is celebrated in the [[Narthex|vestibule]] of the church building before their procession into the [[nave]] of the church.
-===Office of crowning===
+===Office of Crowning===
 The second part of the service is the ceremony of coronation, in which the heads of the bridegroom and bride are crowned by the priest.  In the Russian tradition, the crowns are gold or silver, while the Greek tradition uses crowns of leaves and flowers.
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 ==Family Life==
 * [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/161/story_16180_1.html Raising Children With Christ, Compassion, and Commitment] by Fr. [[Peter Gillquist|Peter E. Gillquist]] (''Again Magazine'' and ''Beliefnet'')
 ==Further reading==

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-'''Marriage''' (also '''matrimony''') is one of the [[holy mysteries]] (sacraments) in the Orthodox Church, as well as many other [[Christian]] traditions. It serves to unite a woman and a man in eternal union before God with the purpose of following Christ and His [[Gospel]] and, when possible, raising up a faithful, holy family through their holy union. It is referred to extensively in both the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s. Christ declared the essential indissolvibility of marriage in the [[Gospels|Gospel]].
+'''Marriage''' (also '''matrimony''') is one of the [[holy mysteries]] (sacraments) in the Orthodox Church, as well as many other [[Christian]] traditions. It serves to unite a woman and a man in eternal union before God with the purpose of following Christ and His [[Gospel]] and, when possible, raising up a faithful, holy family through their holy union. It is referred to extensively in both the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s. Christ declared the essential indissolvibility of marriage in the Gospel.
 ==Holy Matrimony==

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 ==Divorce==
-Orthodoxy regards the marriage bond as indissoluble, and it condemns the breakdown of marriage as a sin and an evil.  The Orthodox Church does permit remarriage after divorce in some cases, as an exception, a necessary concession to human sin. While condemning sin, the Church desires to help the sinners and to allow them another chance, with an act of ''[[oikonomia]]'' . When a marriage has ceased to be a reality, the Orthodox Church faces the reality with ''[[philanthropy | philanthropia]]'' (loving kindness).
+Orthodoxy regards the marriage bond as indissoluble, and it condemns the breakdown of marriage as a sin and an evil.  The Orthodox Church does permit remarriage after divorce in some cases, as an exception, a necessary concession to human sin. While condemning sin, the Church desires to help the sinners and to allow them another chance, with an act of [[economy]]. When a marriage has ceased to be a reality, the Orthodox Church faces the reality with ''[[philanthropy | philanthropia]]'' (loving kindness).
 ==Second and third marriage==

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	The Orthodox Church teaches that man is made in the image of the [[Trinity]], and he is not intended by God to live alone, but in a family, except in special cases. And just as God blessed the first family, commanding [[Adam and Eve]] to be fruitful and multiply, so the Church now gives its blessing to the union of man and woman. The mystery of marriage, in the Church, gives a man and a woman the possibility to become one spirit and one flesh in a way which no human love can provide by itself. The Holy Spirit is given so that what has begun on earth is fulfilled and continues most perfectly in the Kingdom of God.		The Orthodox Church teaches that man is made in the image of the [[Trinity]], and he is not intended by God to live alone, but in a family, except in special cases. And just as God blessed the first family, commanding [[Adam and Eve]] to be fruitful and multiply, so the Church now gives its blessing to the union of man and woman. The mystery of marriage, in the Church, gives a man and a woman the possibility to become one spirit and one flesh in a way which no human love can provide by itself. The Holy Spirit is given so that what has begun on earth is fulfilled and continues most perfectly in the Kingdom of God.
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		+	St John Chrysostom held that procreation is a normal feature of marriage, but not essential to it.
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		+	:Marriage does not always lead to child-bearing, although there is the word of God which says, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth." We have as witnesses all those who are married but childless. So the purpose of chastity takes precedence, especially now, when the whole world is filled with our kind. At the beginning, the procreation of children was desirable, so that each person might leave a memorial of his life.... But now that resurrection is at our gates, and we do not speak of death, but advance toward another life better than the present, the desire for posterity is superfluous. If you desire children, you can get much better children now, a nobler childbirth and a better help in your old age, if you give birth by spiritual labor.
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		+	:So there remains only one reason for marriage, to avoid fornication, and the remedy is offering for this purpose.<ref>Chrysostom, pp. 85-86.</ref>

	==Marriage service==		==Marriage service==