Greek Brides Thread

Hey girls, I've realized a couple Greek Brides still posting in the 04 board. I thought it would be a good idea to start one on BHB for questions, ideas, and suggestions.


Just wanted to know what you have gotten/or plan to get your koumbari?

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hey gni,

i think u are my date twin!! congrats!
my fH is greek :)

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Hi Irene, great idea thanks for posting.. have no idea though have not got that far in my planning!!!

Curious to know how many greek brides are on here though and where you are all from!

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

hey gni,

i think u are my date twin!! congrats!
my fH is greek :)

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Hey Rosemarie! Yup we're date twins Are you guys having a traditional Greek wedding?

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Posted by honeybee06

Hi Irene, great idea thanks for posting.. have no idea though have not got that far in my planning!!!

Curious to know how many greek brides are on here though and where you are all from!

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Hey Melissa, I want to get cracking on it (my brother is our koumbaro) I want to get him something nice plus I have to save a lot of $ for it.

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i wish i could have a big greek wedding but i dont know how to! I dont know any of the traditions and i have never been to a greek wedding. we are getting married in the catholic church as of now, but we are also trying to find a greek priest to come to the ceremony too. trying to find an italian/american/greek wedding band is also very difficult... i will be reading this thread to get some ideas on greek traditions to incorporate --- thanx!

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I hope we can all be of some help. If I hear anything about a band/dj or priest I'll let you know. I also thought you might to read this on the wedding tradition.

Greek Ceremony

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Great idea, it was hard going through the entire post on the 04 post looking for info

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Greek and Italian Bride here!

Yassas and Ciao!

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Posted by ManhattanWoman

Greek and Italian Bride here!

Yassas and Ciao!

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are u getting married at st. joe's in astoria? if so then me tooooooo yippee! i used tony ferrari for my 'communion' photos!

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Nope, it's St. Joe's in Manhattan. Are you also Italian and Greek?

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Posted by NYMayBride

Great idea, it was hard going through the entire post on the 04 post looking for info

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I'm not greek but my DH husband is. We're getting married in St. Paraskevi in greenlawn.

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Hi girl's
Who are u planning to use for hair and makeup?
Have u ever heard or used Helen Chiasson in Whitestone?

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hey girls! im a greek/italian having our ceremony at st pauls in hempstead! question, since we're having it in a greek church, do i HAVE to have someone greek in either side of the wedding party to help in the ceremony? i read that somewhere, but not sure if its true. thanks!!

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Your koumbara/koumbaro has to be Greek Orthodox... this doesn't necessarily need to be your maid of honor or best man, but it could be.

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Another Greek bride here. FH is Greek and Italian and Catholic. But we are getting married in the Greek church!

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but no one else in the wedding party is greek besides me? any way around that? we were going to get married in catholic church b/c my fh is catholic, but the greek church wouldnt 'allow' me to do that, so now we have to do it greek. what the heck can i do? ugh!

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Hello future Greek bride!

Just to chime in a second. My DH is Greek Orthodox, I am Italian Catholic. We were married in the GO church (St. Paraskevi's in Greenlawn - just beautiful I might add)

My matron of honor and bridesmaid aren't Greek - DH's BM and ushers weren't Greek either.

We actually had DH's aunt (his godmother) be our koumbara -

It doesn't matter what religion your wedding party is, but you MUST have a practicing Greek Orthodox person as your koumbaro or koumbara. They will require a letter from their parish verifiying they are a member of their particular church

Good Luck ladies! It was truly a learning experience for me since I'd never even BEEN to a Greek wedding before I was actually married!

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does it HAVE to be someone in the wedding party? or can i have my godmother or another family member thats NOT actually in the wedding? im not familiar even with what it is specifically. thanks!!