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Panta Aksii – May You Be Worthy Koumbari
John & Anna’s Wedding ~ 1st June 2013 ~ The Bride and Groom with their Koumbari My husband and I were honoured to be koumbari for John and Anna last weekend. We did all of the things that koumbari...
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The Red Scarf Blessing ~ A Cypriot Tradition
The Red scarf blessing or Zosimo (ζώσιμο), as it is called in Greek, is a ritual performed at the bride’s home on the wedding day. When the bride is dressed and ready, her parents, grandparents and...
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Flipping of the Baby at the Krevati Ceremony
♦ In This Picture: The marital mattress or krevati in Greek, is decorated for the wedding and money is thrown on it by the relatives of the new couple as a gift for their new beginning and common...
View ArticleGreek Australian Day
Remembering the Greek Revolution, that liberated Greece from 400 years of Ottoman Rule in 1821. Greek Australians March from Martin Place to the Domain.The post Greek Australian Day appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Bridal Shoe
This photo describes the Greek wedding tradition of writing the names of all the single girls on the soles of your bridal shoes. In This Picture: “Names of single friends are written on the bottom of...
View ArticleScarf Blessing of the Bride
In this picture: “The bride’s friend does the traditional scarf blessing where the scarf is crossed across her chest twice and then wrapped around her three times. This probably symbolizes fertility”...
View ArticleWaiting for the bride…
In This Picture: This Greek Groom is waiting to greet his bride at the front of the church… In the US and Australia, Greek couples tend to follow the ‘American tradition’ or the ‘Australian tradition’...
View ArticleKrevati Bed Making Ceremony
The Krevatia which is also known as the Bed Making Ceremony is a Greek wedding tradition which blesses the marital bed and the couples fertility. The marital mattress or krevati in Greek, is decorated...
View ArticleWedding Candles
In this picture: “The traditional lambades (or lambathes) adorn each side of the table with the crown tray. The wedding candles are symbolic of the couples’ belief that Jesus is ”the light of the...
View ArticleSleep With a Sugar Almond Under Your Pillow
Small bomboniere (wedding favor) with koufeta (sugar almonds or jordan almonds) “Sleep with this (koufeta-sugar almond) under your pillow the night of the wedding you just attended and the person you...
View ArticleKoufeta Significance, Origins and Symbolism
Bomboniere Solidali Associazione Malattie Reumatiche Infantili, Ospedale Pediatrico Gaslini, Genova The concept behind why we give out Koufeta or Jordan sugar almonds, originated in France, around 300...
View ArticleHow Many Koufeta Should Be In Your Boubouniere
For more ideas, styles and designs visit us at http://portara.com/Bomboniere-Boubounieres.html Bomboniere or Bomboniera or Boubounieres are favors for Weddings, Bridal Showers, Engagements or...
View ArticleShoes with Money Inside
“The groom buys the bride’s shoes and sends the gift with money inside the shoes to the bride’s house on their wedding day.” ♦ Did your husband send the gift over to you or did he give you the bridal...
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