Wearing wedding crowns is very common at Greek weddings. Marital crowns, or stefanas, are said to have originated in the 11th century and continue to be used today, according to Wedding Wire.

Roxanne Louh, a family therapist in Florida, conducts marriage seminars with her husband, a Greek orthodox priest — and together, the couple offer key insights into how faith factors into marriage.

Corey and Sandra Leclerc wear the two crowns during their wedding at St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church in Lennard, Man., 25 years ago. (Submitted by Corey Leclerc) Social Sharing ...

Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one.

A poll released on Sunday ahead of Tu B’Av, the “Jewish holiday of love,” found that half of Israeli Jews would choose not to marry in an Orthodox ceremony if they could, with 22 percent ...

The document recommends that the Orthodox Church recognize Catholic marriage and the Catholic Church take steps to recognize Orthodox remarriages. Thursday, July 03, 2025. A service of EWTN News.

When asked which way they would like their children to marry, assuming all options were available, only 50% of Israeli Jews chose an Orthodox marriage. Two-thirds of the Israeli public supported ...

Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one.

In 1983, the rabbi saw opportunity to leverage the Orthodox community’s marriage norms to limit, ... And the Tay-Sachs ward at Kingsbrook Hospital in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, ...

Orthodox Jewish women like Rifka Meyer, ... She was trapped in a marriage for 10 years. ... The Crown Prosecution Service makes it clear that forced marriage is one example of this.

Bella Schwartz, a senior at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, said that her school covers halachic issues around sex within the confines of marriage without addressing larger issues around safe ...