freedom to serve the Lord God as a couple with one body, one mind, one heart and one soul in purity...
It symbolizes the couple's new life together. Aside from this, doves can mean purity.
Peace offering. Doves are symbolic of Peace and the Holy Spirit, both urgently needed these days! a Dove is essentially an all-white Pigeon.
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they get married and kiss
The book the Priest holds during the marriage ceremony is the Bible (the most famous book in the world.)
The honeymoon period is always after the marriage ceremony. The couple embark on a romantic vacation.
Promises spouses make to each other during the wedding ceremony. There are different versions according to religious and personal taste. http://weddings.about.com/od/weddingvows/a/ringceremony.htm == == Marriage vows are a promise between a man and a woman to share there lives together until death do they part.
The meaning of holy water during the baptismal ceremony represents new life.
Blood and sperm
they stand on the side of their family and where the guests are seated
A woman can't enter the kitchen during a puja ceremony.
During various ceremonies and services there are many questions they ask. They will ask you if you believe in some particular thing, like if you believe in God during part of a ceremony where you are expressing your beliefs. During a marriage ceremony they will ask you if you want to marry the person. In baptism ceremonies, they will ask if the parents if they want their child baptised.
The Groom and two admissable witnesses sign the Ketubah before the wedding ceremony can begin. It is a legal document that lists in great detail how the groom promises to provide for the bride, as well as the recourse and rights she is guaranteed in the event that the marriage fails. A vital point in the ceremony is that the groom hands the signed contract to the bride, and that she accepts it FOR THE PURPOSE of marriage, and the document is then hers.
during the opening ceremony