The wedding process is a beautiful, memorable action aimed at concluding a union between two lovers before the Lord. It is necessary to consciously approach the decision to get married.

There is no need to pay tribute to fashion, you need to come to such a decision on your own without anyone's pressure. Many believe that it is the wedding that will help preserve the marriage for many years, and the family will live happily and not know grief.

During the wedding process, special rituals and ceremonies are performed, wedding candles are used, lighted rings are put on the fingers of the newlyweds as a sign of love and fidelity. It is just the same wedding candles that you need to take care of the rest of your life. It is believed that they have supernatural powers that will protect the family of all its members from diseases and other misfortunes.

Like candles, wedding towels should not be left in the church, they should be kept at home, as a symbol of a single path that a married couple walks. The dress that the woman was wearing at the wedding must also be kept. It is best to buy a simple but custom dress rather than renting it. The clothes we wear are charged with our energy. So the white dress of the bride absorbs the energy of the wedding, and then the woman begins to transfer her happiness from hand to hand to each owner of her dress. There is a mixture of energetics.

Wedding suits, dresses, icons, candles, rings - all these attributes are carriers of powerful energy. It is to their help that you need to resort in case of unhappiness in the family. If a spouse, wife, children are sick, you need to put on a suit, pray for the wedding icons, light wedding candles. What to do with them then? After asking for help, they need to be extinguished and removed to a safe place. It is believed that in this way a person is able to change the line of his destiny in the right direction or return to the path of well-being and health. All these wedding things should be carefully stored and no stranger should be allowed to approach them, they will be useful in many difficult life situations.

It is not uncommon when magicians and sorcerers ask people who turned to them for help to bring wedding items to a magic session. The bride and groom should not give their outfits to another person to measure. This also applies to wedding rings, which are considered to be a symbol of the bond of marriage and its well-being. The gold rings of the spouses are talismans, guardians from the evil eye and damage. Therefore, you need to wear them without removing them. It is impossible to betray wedding rings by inheritance, because this is how a person conveys his destiny.

During the wedding ceremony, candles are lit one from another over the heads of the young. Thus, the chakras of the spouses merge together. Then the candles are lowered to connect all the other chakras together.

It is necessary to keep the candles until death and then put them in the coffin of the spouse, who died last. It is believed that the birth of the first child will be safer if the wedding candles are lit. It is best to light them in front of the icons that also participated in the ceremony. And just looking at the burning candles and remembering the minutes when the union of two loving hearts was held together in heaven is very reverent.

There are even wedding love spells using candles. I need to buy two wedding candles on Friday morning. In your head, imagine the image of your chosen one or chosen one. Then tie the candles with a red thread and set them on fire. The flame must be one. This should be monitored carefully.

Wedding candles are a talisman for the entire married life. If there is some kind of discord, a conflict, or the husband left for another, you need to find out how to burn church candles at home. The flame of fire will force the spouses to remember all the happy moments of their life together, to feel again that great love for each other.

During the wedding, you can follow the burning of candles. If the flame is calm, then life will be smooth. If a crackling sound is heard, it means that troubles cannot be avoided. The candles went out - the rapid collapse of the marriage or the death of one of the spouses.

This article is dedicated to both those who have already got married and those who are just going to start this sacrament. Here you will find detailed answers to many questions, which are drawn up according to the opinions and answers of Orthodox pastors.

Wedding candles are our main theme. Before you start reading, it should be clarified that each subheading is a frequently asked question from couples. Next is the answer to it.

Why get married?

There are several sacraments in Orthodoxy, one of them is the wedding. It is necessary for the spouses to sanctify their marriage, to make a promise before God to be always together in fidelity, love, harmony. At the same time, the husband and wife, together with the clergy, pray for the sanctification of the marriage. It is imperative to take wedding rings for the wedding, which the priest consecrates and puts on the newlyweds' ring fingers - this is a symbol of eternity. But in the spiritual sense, we are talking about Eternity (with a capital letter), as about life after death. It is not for nothing that they say that married couples meet in heaven after death and never part again.

What is needed and the price of the issue?

If the couple is not rich, then they will definitely ask the question: "How much does the wedding cost?" In fact, this question cannot be answered unequivocally.

Let's list what is necessary for a wedding:

• personal presence of both spouses;
• spouses (suit on the groom, a modest long (preferably white) dress on the bride and a scarf / stole / veil);
• wedding rings, if not, then wedding rings;
• two wedding candles;
• towel (towel);
• two and the Mother of God.

If you have the right clothes and shoes for the ceremony, then you don't need the cost of the outfits.

The presence of wedding rings from the registry office is allowed. You don't have to buy a new pair. If there are none, then it is advisable to purchase a gold ring for the husband, and a silver ring for the wife. These were the traditions in the past centuries, they are preserved to this day.

You can choose wedding candles both the simplest and cheapest, and the most expensive, decorated festively.

The towel can be sewn on your own or you can ask your relatives and friends to do it. In church shops, they are sold at different prices, depending on the material, the complexity of the pattern.

Icons can be brought from home to avoid buying new ones.

Which candles should you choose?

Priests and married couples are advised to purchase high-quality wedding candles and only in church shops / stores. It is undesirable to buy from hands, you risk taking a fake.

During the wedding, the candles must burn and not go out. In addition, the sacrament can last from 45 minutes to 1 hour. Buy thick big candles. It is even possible with the provided handles and saucers so that dripping wax does not burn your hands.

Sacrament price

Let's talk about how much the wedding costs. In fact, it is different everywhere. In Moscow, as a rule, the cost is about 5 to 10 thousand rubles. The last price is the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

In provincial cities, the cost is ten times lower. Many priests marry for a donation (how much you give) or for free (if the family is in distress). As a rule, a married couple simply donates a towel, wedding candles or clothes for those in need to the temple.

Where to put the candles?

You brought home wedding candles. What to do with them now? You have two options:

• you can put on candlesticks next to wedding and other icons;
• put away in a special box with shrines (butter, zemlichka, baptismal shirts and crosses, holy water, prosphora and incense brought from pilgrimage trips, and so on).

Keep candles in a secluded place so they won't be broken by children or chewed by pets. If suddenly the candles break, do not be alarmed, there is no place for superstition in Christianity. Just handle them carefully.

Can I light candles?

Many who have just consecrated their marriage forget to ask the priest: "When can you light wedding candles?" But it is never too late to get an answer to this question. Here is what the pastors advise - light wedding candles for a reason, but with warm and fervent prayer, especially at such moments as:

• grief;
• joy;
• wedding and wedding anniversary;
• birth of children;
• quarrels;
• desire to pray for each other.

You can pray for other reasons as well.

In conclusion, let's say that the wedding candle is a symbol of faith, love and hope. It is enough to light them up for peace and tranquility in the soul. And prayer will come from the depths of the soul. To make the wedding candles last for many, many years, do not spare money, buy large and high-quality materials.

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Hello. My husband and I were married, but it was not as it should be. Firstly, we did not receive communion and did not confess, secondly, we were late after the registry office, and our wedding was significantly reduced; Granny, who sold candles, screamed and scolded us for being late and brought us to tears - but the ceremony was still held. You can describe the situation in detail for a long time - in general, my spouse and I did not expect at all what we received (although I in no way belittle our guilt with him). Can we get married again in another temple, if we really want it?

Alla

Hello Alla! You cannot marry again. The sacrament took place, regardless of the setting in which it took place. God's grace is poured out on everyone equally, and it depends on us how much we can hold. In fact, such an important event as a wedding rarely goes without temptation. In your case, it is your lateness, bad manners of a church servant. And it happens that the father is late for an hour due to traffic jams. Confession and communion together is a tradition. If you went to church more often, you would have done this too. But now there is no need to think that something was done wrong. Be more concerned about having a strong Orthodox family, attend church and receive communion together. Many spouses do this.

priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good afternoon! From my parents (unfortunately, they are no longer there), there are wedding candles, rings and my mother's wedding dress. Do I need to light these candles, or just store? And can the wedding dress be washed?

Marina

Marina. Wedding candles can be lit and stored - at your discretion. The wedding dress can also be washed.

hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Good afternoon! Please tell me how to store and how wedding candles can help? Thanks!

dmitry

Dmitry, Wedding candles are kept next to icons or in the holy corner. By themselves, wedding candles cannot help. God, the Mother of God and the Saints helps us when we turn to Him in prayer, and at the same time our life should be Christian, built according to the Divine commandments. Wedding candles can be lit at home on Great Church Feasts.

hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Hello! Tell me, please, my husband and I have been married for 10 years, now we are expecting a baby. We want to get married, can we do it now? If so, how to properly prepare for this ordinance? To our shame, we are not parishioners (baptized), we go to services occasionally. In the church they asked, said - to sign up three days before the date, on the eve of fasting for three days, confess and take communion. I thought for this you first need to come to a conversation with the priest? And such questions also: what clothes are permissible, what rings can be purchased for weddings, how to choose the day according to the calendar on which the wedding takes place (they asked at the reception, we were not given something specifically), they wanted October 13, but there is 14 Pokrov, they asked , we were not told if there would be weddings on that day. So I am writing here, sorry, please, for the trouble. If you can, please clarify a little the situation for us. Thanks! And another question, can the guests at the wedding be unbaptized? Thank you all the best !!!

Svetlana

Hello Svetlana! A wedding is a sacrament of the Church, in which God gives to future spouses, with their promise to remain faithful to each other, the grace of pure unanimity for a joint Christian life, the birth and upbringing of children. By the wedding, the Church unites people for their mutual help and growth in love for God and for each other. In order for them to learn together to fulfill the commandments of the gospel and teach this to their children. If the spouses approach the wedding with such a purpose, then God helps them to go through all the hardships of life together and maintain mutual love. Those wishing to get married must be believers, baptized Orthodox Christians. They should be deeply aware that unauthorized dissolution of a divinely approved marriage, as well as breaking a vow of fidelity, is an unconditional sin. Weddings are not performed: on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, on the eve of the great twelve and temple holidays, on the eve and during the many days of fasting, during Christmastide, Cheese and Bright Week, on the feasts of the Exaltation of the Cross and the Beheading of John the Baptist. For the wedding, you must prepare two icons: the Savior and the Mother of God, with which the Church will bless you after the Sacrament, two wedding candles and a long new towel. You can take your wedding rings, but if you wish, buy gold or silver rings, you can buy them in the temple with the words "Save and Preserve". Clothing should correspond to the solemnity of the event, be strict and not too frank. A headdress is required for a woman. Makeup should be modest, without lipstick on your lips, as you will be touching sacred items. Women are not allowed to participate in the Sacrament during critical days. Before the wedding, prepare for confession and communion. You can take communion the day before or on the day of the sacrament, as it suits you best. But it is still advisable to talk to the priest in order to find out the nuances. If this cannot be done on the day on duty, then you can approach the priest in confession.

priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good afternoon! Please tell me how to be. When I got married, my parents blessed my future husband and I at home with an icon of the Kazan Mother of God with a towel. The husband's parents did not bless, in their opinion this is unnecessary archaism. After a while we got married. We received a towel, a wedding couple, and candles in the church. Now we have a wedding couple at home (with the image of Jesus Christ and the Kazan Mother of God), and another icon with the image of the Kazan Mother of God, which my parents blessed us with. Is it right to put them together (we have one red corner for icons at home)? And what is the right thing to do in this case?

Evgeniya

Evgenia, it will be very good if all your icons are together. And don't forget to pray before them.

hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Hello, Hegumen Nikon (Golovko), Christ is Risen! Please tell me where the wedding icons are located in the house? I found information that wedding candles should be carefully preserved all life and light them during prayer in difficult moments of life, is that so? Explain, if you please, what does the demand mean and at what moments is it ordered in the Church? About 2 months ago, I said that if I got the job I started, I would submit my gold chain to the Church. It happened with the help of the Lord, but how to do it, I do not know! Can I just put it in the begging box? I ask you to answer me by email. address, thank you! Thank you for everything! God bless you!

Svetlana

Svetlana, wedding icons should be placed in the red corner, along with all the other icons, you can even at the head of the corner. As for the candles, you were told correctly, you can light them in prayer in difficult moments of life. Requirements are those services - prayers, requiems, the Sacraments of baptism, weddings, confessions and others - that are performed at the request of the parishioners. As for your donation, it is best to give it personally into the hands of the rector of the church or the elder.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Good evening. My husband and I got married. And at the very beginning of the wedding, when the priest led us to the analogue, the candle in my hand went out. I lit it with my husband's candle and it never went out again. I came home, read a lot of unpleasant things and was very upset. Death sign, and in general, not very good. And we are expecting a baby and somehow I was very excited. Please tell me how I feel about this? Thanks in advance for your reply.

Polina

Hello Polina! I congratulate you on such a great sacrament. Do not doubt anything and fear only the Lord God. Believing in signs is a sin.

priest Vladimir Shlykov

Wedding candles are a mandatory attribute of the ceremony. They differ from ordinary ones in greater elegance and sacred meaning, which the rite gives them.

They are chosen carefully, preferring the most beautiful and largest candles, believing that tony will ensure a long and happy family life.

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However, they do not have time to be completely used up, what should you take off to do then?

Signs about wedding candles

Many people pay attention to how wedding candles are lit during the ceremony. It is believed that if they burn evenly, then the life of the spouses will be long and happy, and if they smoke and crackle, then the young will experience many difficulties in life.

There is information that the reckoning for a love spell is inherited in the form of a generic curse.

The entire clan of the customer suffers up to the seventh generation.

Love spell is a terrible thing.

In fact, it is damage that cripples the victim, his health and his whole life in general.

You will not envy the one who went for this black villainy - the consequences of the love spell for the customer will be terrible.

- Consequences of a love spell

One of the signs speaks of the duration of their burning. The spouse whose candle burns more will live less.

Wedding candles after a wedding or divorce, the opinion of the holy fathers, when to light, what should be, how to store it, if it's broken for what

Many priests recommend lighting wedding candles at especially solemn or difficult moments for the family. For example, if a child is ill, or a spouse is on the verge of divorce. You can also use them for the birth of a child, recovery from a serious illness.

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Remember that the absence of a mentor and control of abilities will turn good into harm and no one knows how devastating the consequences of the devil's influence can be.

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If the forces are not controlled by a mentor who can help cope with them, breaks in time space are possible and evil will begin to seep into our world, gradually absorbing it with dark energy.

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If the balance of power is disturbed, then the darkness will begin to absorb the remnants of good and strength that could serve for the good, I will go over to another hypostasis and darkness will reign.

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It takes at least 5 years of practice and the right mentor to develop inner strength.

Telekinesis most of all is peculiar to you. With the right concentration and efforts, which can be compressed into a spherical force, you will be able to move small, and over time, larger objects with the power of thought.

By choosing a mentor who has more power, you have a bright future that can be overshadowed by going to the dark side if you don’t have the strength to resist the temptations of Satan.

You are a healer. Practical magic, conspiracies, spells and everything connected with this are not just words, but your life choice and power, which is given by a higher mind and this is not just so, but for a sacred purpose that you will soon learn.

It will be like a vision, like a prophetic dream that you can never forget.

Remember that this power should only be used for good, otherwise you will be swallowed up by darkness and this will be the beginning of the end.

It is better to store them separately, wrapped in a clean towel or handkerchief, and put next to the icons. Sometimes the candles break, then they can be cut into pieces that will be lit separately.