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Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth centuryWiener, Leo

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Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century

Name: Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century
Author: Wiener, Leo

Wiener, Leo

Russia -- Literary collections; Russian literature -- Translations into English

If after that parley the groom finds out something prejudicial to
the bride, or someone interested in the groom tells him that she is
deaf, or mute, or maimed, or has some other bad characteristic, and
the groom does not want to take her,--and the parents of the bride
complain about it to the Patriarch that he has not taken the girl
according to the marriage articles, and does not want to take her, and
thus has dishonoured her; or the bride’s parents, having found out
about the groom that he is a drunkard, or diceplayer, or maimed, or has
done something bad, will not give him their daughter, and the groom
complains to the Patriarch,--the Patriarch institutes an inquiry, and
the fine is collected from the guilty party according to the contract,
and is given to the groom or bride, as the case may be; and then both
may marry whom they please.

But if both parties carry out their agreement, and get ready for the
wedding on the appointed day, then the groom invites to the wedding
his relatives and such other people as he likes, to be his ceremonial
guests, in the same manner as I described before about the Tsar’s
wedding[124]; on the part of the bride the guests are invited in the
same way. On the day of the wedding tables are set at the houses of
the groom and bride, and the word being given the groom that it is time
to fetch the bride, they all set out according to the ceremonial rank:
First the bread-men carry bread on a tray, then, if it be summer, the
priest with the cross rides on horseback, but in winter in a sleigh;
then follow the boyárs, the thousand-man, and the groom.

Having reached the court of the bride’s house, they enter the hall in
ceremonial order, and the bride’s father and his guests meet them with
due honour, and the order of the wedding is the same as described in
the Tsar’s wedding. When the time arrives to drive to church to perform
the marriage, the bride’smaids ask her parents to give the groom and
bride their blessing for the marriage. They bless them with words,
but before leaving bless them with a holy image, and, taking their
daughter’s hand, give her to the groom.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth centuryWiener, Leo

General

Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century

Wiener, Leo

Russia -- Literary collections; Russian literature -- Translations into English

If after that parley the groom finds out something prejudicial to
the bride, or someone interested in the groom tells him that she is
deaf, or mute, or maimed, or has some other bad characteristic, and
the groom does not want to take her,--and the parents of the bride
complain about it to the Patriarch that he has not taken the girl
according to the marriage articles, and does not want to take her, and
thus has dishonoured her; or the bride’s parents, having found out
about the groom that he is a drunkard, or diceplayer, or maimed, or has
done something bad, will not give him their daughter, and the groom
complains to the Patriarch,--the Patriarch institutes an inquiry, and
the fine is collected from the guilty party according to the contract,
and is given to the groom or bride, as the case may be; and then both
may marry whom they please.

But if both parties carry out their agreement, and get ready for the
wedding on the appointed day, then the groom invites to the wedding
his relatives and such other people as he likes, to be his ceremonial
guests, in the same manner as I described before about the Tsar’s
wedding[124]; on the part of the bride the guests are invited in the
same way. On the day of the wedding tables are set at the houses of
the groom and bride, and the word being given the groom that it is time
to fetch the bride, they all set out according to the ceremonial rank:
First the bread-men carry bread on a tray, then, if it be summer, the
priest with the cross rides on horseback, but in winter in a sleigh;
then follow the boyárs, the thousand-man, and the groom.

Having reached the court of the bride’s house, they enter the hall in
ceremonial order, and the bride’s father and his guests meet them with
due honour, and the order of the wedding is the same as described in
the Tsar’s wedding. When the time arrives to drive to church to perform
the marriage, the bride’smaids ask her parents to give the groom and
bride their blessing for the marriage. They bless them with words,
but before leaving bless them with a holy image, and, taking their
daughter’s hand, give her to the groom.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century

Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century

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