In a traditional Greek wedding, an engagement takes place first where the groom proposes and the couple sets the wedding date and chooses a church. They then purchase wedding attire like dresses, suits, and crowns. Invitations are sent out to guests and the wedding is announced publicly. A few days before the ceremony, relatives symbolically throw rice, roses, money and a baby onto the marital bed for fertility and wealth. The night before, the bride and groom each have a bachelor/bachelorette party with friends to celebrate their last day of freedom before marrying.

1. Greek Traditional Wedding
Before the ceremony

2. Before the wedding
ceremony, an
engagement usually
takes place.
The groom
proposes to bride,
they set the date of
the wedding
ceremony and they
choose a church.

3. The couple
buys the
wedding dress,
the suit, the
crowns, the
rings the
tapers and
bombonieres.

4. They make
a list with
guests and
they send
them
invitations.

5. Relatives
and friends
send them
gifts, as
the couple
needs
support in
the marital
life.

6. The
wedding is
announced
in public at
a local
newspaper.

7. The couple
finds the
best man or
the maid of
honor.
They choose
a place for
the
honeymoon.

8. The custom of marital
bed takes place few
days before the
wedding ceremony.
Relatives and friends
of bride throw on the
bed rice, as a symbol
of stability, rose
petals, as a symbol of
blossoming, a baby
boy, as a symbol of
fertility and money, as
a symbol of wealth.

9. One day before the
wedding ceremony, the
groom with his friends
and the bride with her
friends have a bachelor
party to celebrate their
last day of freedom.