The wedding is one of the seven Orthodox church sacraments that believers can start. Otherwise, the wedding is called a church marriage, in which the newlyweds testify to their love before God.
A wedding is not only a very beautiful and solemn divine service. This is not just one of the many rites of the Church. The wedding is called a sacrament, which means that during the sacrament, a certain divine grace descends on people, which helps a person throughout his life.
The sacrament of the wedding has a deep meaning. That is why it is necessary to start a church marriage consciously, and not from the motives of contemplating beautiful singing or other reasons that do not relate to the essence of the sacrament. At the wedding, believers cement their marriage union before God and receive a blessing from the Lord for a joint family life and the birth and upbringing of children. It is also necessary to remember that the wedding is performed for eternity. Believing pious spouses can be together even after death.
At the wedding, a small Church is formed - a family, the head of which is the husband, and the head of the husband is Christ Himself. On a spiritual level, newlyweds connect with each other, forming a single whole. Now the newlyweds have nothing personal, but everything in common.
During the wedding, Orthodox people make a vow to God to love, respect, endure their spouse. These bonds should hold people together even to the very death, because what is united by God should not be broken by a person.
It turns out that the main meaning of the sacrament of the wedding is the desire to create your own small Church - a family, and to testify your love to God, as well as to give a promise to strive to fulfill the commandments, asking for blessings for a joint family life.
In church practice, there is an opinion that married couples during the Last Judgment will be responsible for their lives before God, not separately, but together. At the same time, the husband, as the head of the family, will bear responsibility for common family sins.
