Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-26
GREEK MARRIED GREEK
JOY AND NInTH I'M EVIDENCE
AT WEDDING YESTERDAY.

Mid the chanting of quaint prayers
Stephen Chaconas and Miss Helen NJ.
Skiados were married according to the
custom OF the Greek Church in Concordia
Hall yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. Jociun Alexopoulos. the Greek priest
who has just arrived in this city from
Athens. ofsiciated. The bride. handsomely
dressed in white crepe de chine. was &C
companied by the bridegroom. they taking
seat in the front part and bowling and
smiling. 1t seemed like jolly party, be-
cause each person present apparently was
well acquainted with the others. When
the priest appeared IN the midst of the
assemblage he wore brilliant scarlet
robe, with gold cross upon his breast.
Upon his head was tall hat something
like bishops inter. From this headgeaf
a long, black crepe veil hung The cere-
mony was In Greek. and so all, with the
exception of the small group OF guests OF
other nationalities, knew full well what
was going Each of these surmised
that the priest was telling the bridegroom
to always love and cherish his wife, and
later. when he turned to the bride, they
supposed he said that she should love.
honor and obey the man of her choice.
She must have enjoyed hearing the last
word, for as he closed with the word a
smile appeared on her face. Some said
that she was told of subsection, depend
ence, obedience and loyalty. and that In
all cases she must abide by the decision
of her husband.
Gus Dracos was the best man. and to-
gether with the other attendants chanted
nearly as much as the priest. The latter
placed a wreath upon the heads OF the
contracting parties. which the best man
kept changing until the ribbon that bound
them together was very much entwined.
Was Ring Wedding.
1t was a ring wedding. as some would
say but in this case there were two rings.
The brides father furnished the one for
the bridegroom and the bride received
hers from the bridegrooms father. This
signifed the union of the two families.
The bride did the placing upon the finger
of the groom and then placed her ring
upon her own hand.
Both bride and groom were given Yea
spoonful of wine, after which the priest,
leading a march with lighted candies
around the table which had served for an
altar was in order. Every Greek IN me
house stood up, and rice by the handful
was thrown upon the bridal party
seemed like a miniature bombardment, Tor
in moment pieces of candy about an
inch long began flying from every section
of the house. .
The wedding party did not seem to mind In
the least, and even the priest. as ne woeiu
dodge a particularly large piece OF CANDY
would allow a smile to fit across his couh-
tenance At last the march ended ana tne
priest held up his hand for the guests 20
stop throwing. The bride and groom then
Kissed the MANU- oi lIie ~ 80"
were man and wife. The bride shook the
candy from her hair and the wedding re
ception began. Each guest passing IN
front of the happy couple, after depositing
one dollar for the priest, kissed both upon
the cheeks and the kisses the bride re-
ceiyed were not of a perfunctory nature.
One interesting feature of the occasion
was the singing out by the guests OF sew
eral couples in attendance and the peltlng
of the man with candy. The reason ad-
vanced for this was to urge the man to
press his suit for, in the opinion of those
throwing he did not seem to be as earnest
as they expected. The girls with the vari-
Gus men seemed to enjoy the incidents