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AndrewsChick Posted: Apr 30, 2003 04:27 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 04:27 PM

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Hello Greek Brides

I am not Greek, but I am marrying a wonderful Greek man. We are getting married at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church in Greenlawn and I am learning alot by reading this thread....thanks for all your info Ladies!!

Scoop Posted: Apr 30, 2003 05:54 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 05:54 PM

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Welcome Ellie Ann and congrats on your upcoming wedding. I wish you all the best. How are your plans going so far?

LImom Posted: Apr 30, 2003 07:13 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 07:13 PM

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I was reading the posts about the church tips with great interest. Would someone please tell me how much of a tip is expected and who gets one?

LnP2003 Posted: Apr 30, 2003 07:14 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 07:14 PM

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LImom - ask the church - they are each individuals in what they would like to be 'donated'....

AndrewsChick Posted: Apr 30, 2003 07:45 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 07:45 PM

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Irene 'SCOOP' thanks for the well wishes

The planning is coming along. I wish I had everything done already so that I could just sit and relax, but as all you ladies know there are so many small details, that even if I had everything done, there would still be things left to do last minute.

Olgaki Posted: Apr 30, 2003 08:54 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 08:54 PM

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yay new people!!! HI!!! I loveeeee St. Paraskevi!!! It's beautiful! You'll love it! How is the rest of your planning going and - if you have been reading I'm in seach of a band - are you using a greek band???

junebride04 Posted: Apr 30, 2003 08:57 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 08:57 PM

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Welcome Ellie Ann!! St. Paraskevi is a beautiful church!!!

Olgaki Posted: Apr 30, 2003 10:47 PM+

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Posted: Apr 30, 2003 10:47 PM

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ahhh I though of another Greek thing to discuss!

What do we need to buy for the ceremony - i.e. stephana, labathes .... I have NO CLUE other than what I just said lol

deby Posted: May 01, 2003 01:18 AM+

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Posted: May 01, 2003 01:18 AM

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Olgaki Posted: May 01, 2003 09:14 AM+

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Posted: May 01, 2003 09:14 AM

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ohmigosh I never thought about doing the dances with the dress on

I have a feeling I'll be tripping lol

AndrewsChick Posted: May 01, 2003 09:40 AM+

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Posted: May 01, 2003 09:40 AM

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I'm not using a Greek band, as there will not be to many people from FH's side of the family. Except for his parents and sister, the rest of the family lives in Cyprus and as of right now it doesn't look like anyone will be making the trip for the wedding.

Scoop Posted: May 01, 2003 09:52 AM+

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Posted: May 01, 2003 09:52 AM

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Olga-- I think they put everything on a tray for you with what you will need. From what I remember (my koubaro bought everything) was 2 large candles, two small candles, koufeta & stephana. I don't remember any oil...I think this is only for a baptism but I could be wrong.

Olgaki Posted: May 01, 2003 09:57 AM+

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Posted: May 01, 2003 09:57 AM

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the oil for crismation is for the baptism. The koumbaro will be buying all this stuff but since we are in the older generation of the familias, our parents are rusty with this stuff

deby Posted: May 02, 2003 01:48 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 01:48 AM

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junebride04 Posted: May 02, 2003 07:20 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 07:20 AM

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Good question! I know in Greece they give the koufeta out right after the ceremony But to make things easier I will probably end up putting them w/the favors.

LnP2003 Posted: May 02, 2003 08:23 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 08:23 AM

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i'll be giving them out as a minifavor while leaving the church.... i'm going to have my sister holding one white basket w/the flower cone holders & petals, and then i'll have my brother holding the other white basket w/the koufetas wrapped up in toule!

Scoop Posted: May 02, 2003 09:35 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 09:35 AM

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I never thought of giving them out at the church. What a great idea! We just gave them out with the favor at the end of the evening.

Olgaki Posted: May 02, 2003 09:44 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 09:44 AM

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hrmmmmm something else to think about!!! NEXT TIME THIS WEEK MY TESTS ARE DONE

I cannot stress

enough!

LnP2003 Posted: May 02, 2003 09:51 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 09:51 AM

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Scoop Posted: May 02, 2003 11:53 AM+

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Posted: May 02, 2003 11:53 AM

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yah.....then you can take time off to enjoy your self.

What is everyone's plans this summer? No big plans for me....just a long weekend get away (5 days) to greenport in July and my cousin's bachelorette party in August. We are going to the Mohegun Sun in Connecticut.

I am very busy at work during the summer, so I can't go away for very long. My husband & I are going to plan a trip to the bahamas in the fall to celebrate our 1 year anniversary.

I can't wait.