What You Should Know For Wedding On Rhodes Island Greece?

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The most popular Rhodes Island is known not only for its bequest but also for its unique and traditional way of living. This uniqueness of Rhodes Island attracts people to spend their holidays there. Among thousands of visitors who arrange their trips to Rhodes Island, there are many who plan Rhodes holidays ideas of wedding. Rhodes wedding will give a distinction in your wedding with lots of Greece customs and traditions amalgamated into it.

Here are five important things that you should know for arranging wedding during Rhodes holidays.

Legal Wedding Types on Rhodes Island:

When you look for types of wedding in Rhodes, you will come across three different types of weddings in Greece:
a) Civil Wedding b) Catholic Church Wedding c) Orthodox Wedding

1. Document Requirements:

Every type of wedding in Greece has its own religious and legal requirements. The paper work and document submission play an important role in your wedding settlements. You need to provide a number of documents in order to arrange your wedding on Rhodes Island. All the documents should be officially translated ...
... and submitted to concerned authorities.

I. Requirements for Civil Wedding:

Following is the list of documents required for civil wedding in Rhodes Island Greece:

a. Birth certificates of bride and the groom showing their parents' names.
b. Passports of both bride and groom with photocopies
c. Declaration if anyone of you is divorced.
d. Adoption certificate in case of adopted child.
e. Certificate of Non-Impediment.
f. Husband's death certificate in case the bride is widow.
g. Deed poll certificate if bride or groom has changed the name.

II. Requirements for Catholic Church Wedding:

a. Basic Requirements:
Catholic Church weddings have three basic requirements that must be fulfilled
None of bride and groom has been previously married.
Either bride or groom or both of them are catholic.
Both bride and groom are baptized.

b. State Requirements:
Birth certificates
Deed poll certificate if bride or groom has changed the name.

c. Church Requirements:

Baptism Certificate.
Confirmation Certificate.
Letter of Freedom from the diocese in your own country.
Letter of Dispensation should a Catholic be marrying a non-catholic

It is also mandatory to inform the catholic priest of the local parish of bride and groom that they intend to marry abroad. All document requirements and preparations required by Catholic Church will be performed by the priest. Once all requirements are fulfilled the catholic priest in Rhodes will inform where the ceremony will take place.

III. Requirements for Orthodox Wedding:

The legal requirements for Orthodox weddings in Rhodes Island Greece are similar to those for civil wedding. However in this case the marriage can be performed even if bride or groom or both of them have been married previously.

2. Wedding Accessories:

Without the accessories weddings can never be complete. The most lavish you make your wedding day, the more pleasure you will get. So for having such a special day during the Rhodes holidays you really need to plan such things that make your wedding memorable.

You can choose many things for your wedding day, the most important of which are the wedding flowers. You can find a huge variety of different flower styles like Stand - Fresh Flowers, Flower Girl Baskets, Bridesmaids Bouquet, Hoop or Ball, Table Arrangements, Buttonholes, and corsages etc.

Also you can select the best means of transportation, which includes all the lavishness and comfort. You can choose from Luxurious cruises (or you can even arrange the whole ceremony in it), wedding car, horse or Limousine.

3. Entertainment:

The best part of Rhodes holidays wedding is the entertainment which is filled with uniqueness. One of the finest entertainments is the traditional Greek dance, which will give an exclusive feature in your wedding ceremony. Also you will have the whole band of singers singing live music to make your wedding more enjoyable.

4. Wedding Certificate:

Now you are ready for going back to your motherland. But before that you are required to complete the last legal requirement of submitting legal certificate. This certificate of wedding should be certified by the registrar of your home country and the advocate you hired. This requirement is just for assuring that your wedding is legally recognized inside and outside Rhodes.

Before going for Rhodes Holidays on Island Rhodes you need to take a look at hotels in Rhodes and then reserve the best one for your stay.