ADMINISTRATION OF HOLY SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MARY / RWABUTAZI - ORTHODOX CHURCH IN RWANDA

  Titus Twungubumwe

ADMINISTRATION OF HOLY SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MARY / RWABUTAZI - ORTHODOX CHURCH IN RWANDA.

On Sunday, May 7, 2023 the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony has been administrated to 38 couples. Father Archimandrite Nectaios Alexandru DIMA the Vicar General was assisted by Father Panagiotis the local Head Priest, Father Nicholas from Saint Peter and Paul Apostles, and Father Theodoros from Saint Catherine Parish. Deacon Nectarios Raban from Kaziba Parish and Subdeacon George from Gashongora Parish have assisted the 4 priests. Such mass celebration of Sacrament of Matrimony are expected to be conducted again next Sunday at Saint Catherine Parish / Gishari, and the following Sunday at the Parish of Saint Peter and Paul Apostles Rwamagana as has informed Father Nicholas the Proto - Priest at Saint Peter and Paul Apostles Parish exhorting the interested to register on time!

All the best wishes to the newly married and those planning to be soon married!

HOLY SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE.

The Holy Sacrament of Marriage bears witness that through His action, God is active in our lives. It is He who joins a man and a woman in a relationship of mutual love. Through this Sacrament, a man and a woman are publicly joined as husband and wife. They enter into a new relationship with each other, with God, and with the Church. Since Marriage is not viewed as a legal contract, there are no vows in the Sacrament.

According to Orthodox teachings, Marriage is not simply a social institution, but an eternal vocation of the Kingdom itself. A husband and a wife are called by the Holy Spirit not only to live together but also to share their Christian life together so that each, with the aid of the other, may grow closer to God and become the persons they are meant to be.

In the Orthodox Marriage Service, after the couple has been betrothed and exchanged rings, they are crowned with “crowns of glory and honor” signifying the establishment of a new family under God. Near the conclusion of the Service, the husband and wife drink from a common cup which is reminiscent of the wedding of Cana and which symbolized the sharing of the burdens and joys of their new life together.

Report by;

Reader Timotheos Tito TWUNGUBUMWE / Orthodox Church in Rwanda.

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