06 Ukrainian Wedding "The Crowning" St. Elias Church

St. Elias Church (Ukrainian Catholic--Eparchy of Toronto),
Brampton, ON Canada.
http://www.saintelias.com/
Video: Maria-Lynn Turi, 2011

Katarzyna Hudz, daughter of Andrew and Ludmila Martyniak Hudz, of Toronto, and Bartlomiej Skoczek, son of Andrzej and Jolanta Jasinska Skoczek, of Warsaw, Poland.

After prayers are offered on their behalf, the groom and bride are crowned by the priest "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit": O Lord, our God, crown them in glory and in honour.

The crowns have two meanings. First, they reveal that the man and woman, in their union with Christ, participate in His Kingship. Second, as in the ancient Church, crowns are a symbol of martyrdom. The word "martyr" means witness. The common life of the bride and groom is to bear witness to the Presence of Christ in their lives and in the world. Martyrdom is usually associated with death. So the reality of God's Kingdom in the life of the husband and wife will necessarily take the form of dying to one's self, to one's will, and the giving of one's life totally to the other, and through the other, to Christ.

The Epistle

The epistle is taken from St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians (5:20-33). It presents the cornerstone of the Christian vision of marriage: the love of man and woman parallels the love of Christ and the Church. As Christ gives Himself totally to and for His Church, so the husband is to give himself totally to and for his wife. As the Church, in turn, is subject to Christ, so the wife subjects herself to her husband. Thus the two become one in a life of mutual love and mutual subjection to each other in Christ.

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[MegaKrishan123]

Very beautiful and uplifting. Monhaja Lieta!

[Frach438]

Many blessings to the happy newlyweds!