For a long time in Russia was considered that the blessing received from parents on family life, - the most important stage in a wedding ceremony and is the key to the strong union. Together with it the young family receives protection against the evil and an other negative. Today blessing of parents is the first speech which they deliver at a wedding, and it sounds, as a rule, after repayment of the bride.
Instruction
1. Before a trip to registration to the REGISTRY OFFICE of young people the bride's parents on long happy family life bless. They deliver this speech on a house threshold as it is considered that behind a threshold they are already waited by new life. That the joint road to family life was successful, it is necessary to spend the groom and the bride by kind words and wishes. Besides blessing of parents will be also approval of the choice of the spouse. Young people can go to registration of a wedding in different cars.
2. After the REGISTRY OFFICE of newly married, parents with bread and salt on the embroidered towel meet. At an entrance "the wellbeing carpet" in the form of a usual carpet path into which to newlyweds nobody has to go creeps. In the congratulatory speech of parents the main focus is placed in words "We bless" also a wish "Harmony and love". All other words can be the most usual, the main thing that they were said with all the heart.
3. To receive blessing of parents before a wedding in church, the oldest icon in the house or an icon of the Virgin which is a "female" icon will be required and bless with it the bride. Christ Redeemer or Nikolay Ugodnik's icon can be a "men's" icon for blessing of the groom. In acknowledgement and respect young people kneel before parents. Parents bless the groom and the bride, creating icons a cross over their heads three times, at the same time deliver a parting speech and wishes of love, peace and harmony. Young people carry icons with themselves to church, and then and to that house in which they will live after the wedding.
4. To the bride, planning to carry out a ceremony of blessing by parents, it is necessary to find out how her elect will treat it. And it is also necessary to discuss previously it with parents and the groom, and the bride. In case someone is against a blessing ceremony on orthodox custom, it is not necessary to insist on it. Today blessing by the parting words of young people on marriage without carrying out an orthodox ceremony is more traditional.