REPUBLIC OF GREECE, CYCLADES
PROVINCE
THIRA DISTRICT, MUNICIPALITY OF THIRA - SANTORINI ISLAND
The celebrant asks bride and groom
to face each other, join hands and make vows:
GROOM: repeats after the
celebrant I call upon everyone here to witness that I take you........,
to be my wife, from this day forward. I promise before God and
these witnesses to be your faithful husband, to join with you
and to share all that is to come, to give and to receive, to speak
and listen, to inspire and to respond, and in all circumstances
of our life together, to be loyal to you with my whole life and
with all my being. I will love you as your husband, your lover
and your friend, so help me God, one day at a time.
BRIDE: I take you........,
to be my husband, from this day forward. I promise before God
and these witnesses to be your faithful husband, to join with
you and to share all that is to come, to give and to receive,
to speak and listen, to inspire and to respond, and in all circumstances
of our life together, to be loyal to you with my whole life and
with all my being. I will love you as your wife, your lover and
your friend, so help me God, one day at a time.
The ring is then given
to the celebrant who shall return it to the groom who shall then
put it upon the fourth finger of the bride's left hand saying
after the celebrant:
GROOM: II give you
this ring as a sign of my love, knowing that love is precious
and fragile, yet strong. I give you this sign of our love as an
ever-present symbol of the vows we have made here this day. I
give you this ring as I give you my love.
CELEBRANT:
........... do you accept............. as your lawful wife?
........... do you accept............. as your lawful husband?
From this moment, that you were united, by free will into marriage,
you ought to give each other love, faith and respect for all your
life.
The marriage that joins you, obligates your chances to be the
same and your life to be faced on equal base of the matters which
appear in your common life as husband and wife and generally in
all difficulties of life.
You also will have to contribute both, with all your power in
order to face all the difficulties which have been caused by married
life and the maintenance and promotion of the family that you
will create.
Finally, in common are the duties and the rights of both of you
to take care for the growth and education of your children so
that they will become useful, good citizens and free personalities.
