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[Click here for civil weddings] [Click here for Religious weddings]
FULL
BIRTH CERTIFICATE Both parties must obtain a ‘full’ Birth Certificate as the ‘shorter’
version of the Birth Certificate will not be acceptable
CERTIFICATE
OF IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE This document certifies that both parties are free to get married and can be obtained from their local Superintendent Registrar Office. It may take up to
1
month to obtain and the certificate must not be issued more than 3 months
before the wedding day.
DECREE ABSOLUTE If any of the parties is divorced, a Certified Copy of the Decree Absolute must be obtained.
If any
of the parties is a widower, a Death Certificate must be obtained
DEED
POLL CERTIFICATE
If any of the parties has
changed his/her name by Deed Poll, written proof must be obtained
ADOPTION CERTIFICATE
This
certificate is necessary if any of the parties was adopted
BAPTISM
CERTIFICATE
This certificate is
necessary for Catholic Church & Orthodox Church weddings.
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTS
All the above documents have to be translated in Greek at the Greek Embassy or Consulate and sent to our office four weeks before the wedding. If the documents are not translated then have to be sent eight
weeks
before the ceremony and there will be an
extra cost for the official translation.
CIVIL WEDDINGS
The documents listed above must be obtained by the bride and groom then be translated and forwarded
to
our offices
at least four weeks before the wedding. TOP↑
CATHOLIC CHURCH WEDDINGS
Catholic Church wedding can only be arranged if the bride and groom have not been previously married, if either the bride or groom is Catholic and that both have been baptized . They must inform the Catholic priest of their local parish of their intent to marry abroad. He will then need to view both parties’ Birth Certificate and Baptism Certificate and confirm to them what further documentation is required. After they obtain all the necessary documents they forward them to our offices who will forward to the
Catholic priest of the Church where the ceremony will be performed.
ORTHODOX CHURCH
WEDDINGS
Orthodox church weddings can only be arranged if either the bride or groom is Orthodox and that both have been baptized. They must inform the Orthodox priest of their local parish of their intent to marry abroad. He will then need to view both parties’ Birth Certificate and Baptism Certificate and confirm to them what further
documentation is required. After they obtain all the necessary documents
they forward them to our offices who
will forward them to the Orthodox priest of the Church where the ceremony
will be performed.
WITNESSES AT CEREMONY
Two witnesses are required for all the types of the weddings. If the groom and bride travel on their own, our
Wedding Coordinators will be glad to act as witnesses.
DAY/TIME OF THE CEREMONY
LANGUAGE OF THE
CEREMONY
Civil ceremony in Greek or English, Catholic Church Ceremony in Greek or French, Orthodox Church Ceremony
in
Greek TOP↑
CIVIL MARRIAGE VALIDITY
In order for the marriage to be valid, after the wedding the couple must declare that the wedding has been
performed at the Registry Office of Thira Community within forty days.
OFFICIAL WEDDING
CERTIFICATE
Civil marriage: the official certificate is issued within 3 working days after the wedding and is sent for official
translation and then forwarded to the married couple’s home address by the
Wedding Co-coordinator Catholic & Orthodox Church marriage: the priest who performed the ceremony issues the wedding certificate
and forward it to the priest of the local parish of the couple where the
couple may receive it.
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