A wedding is a celebration for two young people who have decided to join their destinies. IN different times and in different countries this celebration took place and is taking place with its own characteristics, depending on the traditions and rituals that are present in society. In our country, a special place at the wedding belongs to the groom's parents, because it is they who meet the newlyweds after the marriage ceremony. But how to meet the young parents of the groom, each family determines independently, based on its own life experience and existing traditions.

Where and when should the groom's parents meet the newlyweds?

In those days when there were no such institutions as the registry office, the marriage ceremony was held in the church. And after the wedding, the groom's parents met the newlyweds in their house, since it was accepted that the young family would live in the husband's house.

Today, the meeting of the newlyweds after the registry office has become more common. This is due to the fact that not all young couples get married, and sometimes they postpone the wedding ceremony in the church to another day. The newlyweds are still met by the groom's parents, more precisely, the main role in carrying out this event belongs to the mother-in-law.

Another change made to ancient custom modernity is that now parents meet the newlyweds at the entrance not to the groom's house, but to a restaurant or any other institution where such a celebration is celebrated. an important event. After all, earlier the wedding was always celebrated at home, but now more and more preference is given to restaurants, so going home just so as not to violate the ancient custom is not entirely reasonable.

What are the traditions of meeting the newlyweds with the groom's parents?

There is no single opinion on how to meet the young parents of the groom, so everyone chooses the option that is more to their liking
families and their close relatives. the main objective this event - bring in future life newlyweds well-being.

One of the most common customs is the meeting of the bride and groom with bread and salt. Some parents prefer to greet their children with glasses filled with wine. There are also people who believe that the main attribute of a wedding is wedding loaf, and it is he who should be held in the hands of the mother of the groom when meeting the newlyweds. Believing parents prefer to meet young people with icons.

An integral part wedding event called "meeting of the young" is the sprinkling of the bride and groom with grain, sweets, rose petals or confetti. The mother-in-law conducts this ceremony, sometimes guests join her.

What do parents need to prepare for the meeting of the newlyweds?

It is important for the groom's parents to think in advance about what rituals they will perform when meeting their son and daughter-in-law, and to prepare all the attributes necessary for this. Moreover, it is better to do this in advance, so that at the most crucial moment it does not turn out that something is missing at hand.

So, first of all, think about what words you will meet your children with. And if you are afraid to forget your speech, write it on a piece of paper. To carry out the rituals, you will need icons, bread and salt or a loaf, two towels - one under the bread, and the other under the feet of the young, two new glasses, champagne, as well as grain, sweets or rose petals, with which you will sprinkle the newlyweds at the entrance to the restaurant .

How should the newlyweds behave during their meeting with the groom's parents

The newlyweds, approaching the groom’s house or the entrance to the restaurant where they are met by their parents, and stepping on the towel laid out for them, first of all should bow to their parents three times and cross themselves (if they are met with an icon).

Further, if they are met with a loaf or bread and salt, break off a piece of it and let each other taste it. At this stage, it is possible to determine who will be the head of the new family- it depends on who broke off a piece of bread or loaf faster. If the spouses managed to do this at the same time, then you can be sure that there will be harmony and order in everything in their house.

After the parents serve the newlyweds glasses filled with champagne, they must mark them three times with the knowledge of the cross, which will protect them from possible troubles. Next, the bride and groom should drink a little bit of champagne from the glasses, and pour the rest behind their backs, and then break the glasses. After the ceremony of meeting, the young can safely go to the hall to continue the holiday.

Mother-in-law's words when meeting young people

According to ancient traditions, the first words of congratulations to the newlyweds on the creation of a new family are pronounced by the mother of the groom. What exactly will be the first words of the mother-in-law at the wedding depends on her desire. Someone prefers to learn poetry for this purpose, someone cooks in prose, and someone pronounces the words that came to mind at the time of the meeting of the newlyweds, without preparing in advance.

How to proceed is up to you! However, it is worth noting that it is better to think about what exactly you will say when meeting the bride and groom, so as not to be in an uncomfortable position in front of the young and guests. Of course, firstly, not everyone can learn poetry, and secondly, because of excitement, you can easily forget rhymed lines. Therefore, it is best to prepare a short one in prose.

The words of the mother-in-law at the wedding may be, for example, the following: “Our dear children! I want to congratulate you on your marriage and wish that the union you created is strong and filled with happiness. Stay as beautiful and happy as today, for many years of your family life! After the first words, the ceremony of meeting the newlyweds will take place depending on the traditions chosen by the parents and the newlyweds.

Blessing the young with icons

All parents dream that the marriage of their children will be strong and long, so the most exciting moment in holding a wedding is the blessing. Believing families use icons for this ceremony.

In addition to the fact that she is at home with the oldest icon before handing it over to her future husband, and the groom’s mother blesses her son before leaving the house, the young people also meet with an icon or two (depending on the traditions in a particular locality) at the entrance to the restaurant.

In most cases, young people at the entrance to the restaurant are met by the groom's parents with two icons - the mother-in-law holds the icon of the Mother of God, and the father-in-law holds the icon of Jesus Christ.

Where can I get icons for blessing the newlyweds?

Where exactly to get icons for blessing is decided in each family. You can use those with whom the groom's parents got married or the oldest ones, for example, inherited from her mother, and she from her mother or grandmother.

In addition, you can buy new icons, fortunately, today even special sets them, intended to bless the newlyweds during the wedding. After the ceremony, the icons are placed next to the loaf, and
At the end of the wedding, the newlyweds bring them into their home as a talisman.

Meeting newlyweds with bread and salt

Many modern people they do not know how to meet the young groom's parents with bread and salt, despite the fact that this ceremony is quite ancient. After all, it has its roots back in those days when the newlyweds lived in their husband's house. With bread and salt, the mother-in-law welcomed her daughter-in-law into her house as a new tenant.

Nowadays, this custom has no practical significance, since most newlyweds after the wedding settle separately from their parents, but nevertheless, many people like it, and they have every right to just such a meeting of their son and daughter-in-law. “We meet the young with bread and salt ...” are the words that the groom’s mother says at the entrance to the house or any institution where the wedding will be celebrated.

It is important not to forget that bread is placed on an embroidered towel, and salt is placed on top of the bread. In no case should the salt shaker be next to the bread, as this symbolizes poverty. And, of course, it is necessary to ensure that the salt does not crumble, as this promises quarrels in a young family.

Meeting newlyweds with a loaf and glasses of wine

In some settlements there is a custom to meet the newlyweds with a loaf and glasses filled with champagne. However, until the time comes for this ceremony, few people think about how to meet the young parents of the groom with a loaf and champagne.

So, for this you need to prepare a silver tray, new glasses, champagne, two wedding towel and caravan. The mother of the groom meets the young with a loaf, which must necessarily lie on a towel. And the father at this time holds a tray with glasses and champagne, symbolizing the sweetness of married life.

A second towel spreads in front of the parents, on which the newlyweds step, approaching their parents. A towel is spread under the feet of the young so that their path is just as beautiful, festive, bright and clean. The meeting of the newlyweds with the loaf promises them a rich and happy future.

Sprinkling the young by the groom's parents

After the marriage, meeting and blessing, the mother of the groom can also perform the ceremony of sprinkling. For this purpose, our ancestors used a mixture of young grain (rice, millet, oats), coins and sweets. Such a "rain" symbolized wealth, prosperity and sweet life.

Today, it is no less rare to see how the mother of the groom meets the young and sprinkles them with rose petals. They represent beauty and eternal love, which, of course, is the dream of all newlyweds. Even more modern parents used to shower the bride and groom with confetti. This method is no less beautiful, and the same wishes of happiness and goodness are put into this rite.

Whatever method you choose, it is important not to forget about practical side this rite. So, it should be borne in mind that in case of shedding grain, sweets and coins, it is better to pour them under your feet, otherwise the joy of this custom may be eclipsed by grain getting into your eyes or a spoiled bride's hairdo.

Now you know how young parents are met in different localities and families. It remains only to choose the most suitable rituals for you. However, whichever of them you prefer, the main thing is that they are carried out with all my heart and your children like them. And then the wedding will be fun and unforgettable!

about the tradition, the groom’s mother meets the newlyweds on the threshold of the restaurant with a loaf on a towel, the rest of the parents are nearby, the bride’s mother or father can hold glasses of drink (champagne or just clean water) on a tray.

The words of the mother of the groom at the meeting of the newlyweds

(Several variants):

• My dear children! I sincerely congratulate you on the beginning of a new path in your life.
And on the threshold of this happy start I present to you main character prosperity and well-being in everything earthly - a wedding loaf. I want to keep in your hearts the warmth that this loaf has kept for you. May your house always be full of guests and everyone will get at least little piece treats. Advice to you and love!
• Our cute kids! Today is your wedding day.
We would like to sincerely congratulate you on this event. We had a son, and now we are doubly happy having such a beautiful daughter. Your union is just a great happiness for us. First of all, we, of course, are happy for our son, who has found such a life partner. But his girlfriend has become our daughter today, and her happiness is just as important to us. Please keep your hearts warm until the end. Advice to you and love!
• My warm congratulations
Take in now.
Tips and instructions
Hear from us.
May your house always sparkle
Comfort and warmth.
Let joy warm you
Holy soul!
Have a good journey!
Advice to you and love!

For mother of the bride

(mother of the bride is not required to speak welcome words newlyweds, but if there is a desire, then, of course, you can):

• Our dear children!
In this exciting hour, we sincerely congratulate you on this wonderful holiday! Instructing you in family life, we wish you to always love each other, keep love, strengthen love. Our dear daughter, keep your family hearth, like the apple of an eye, let there be comfort and order in your house, let the delicious smell of pies in your kitchen, be your spouse real girlfriend and life partner! Our dear son-in-law (son), be a real master in your house, take care of the welfare of your family, be good father your children, respect and honor your wife! Happiness and love to you, dear children!
• I want to congratulate you on your marriage.
Keep the warmth that you have acquired.
And do your best,
So as not to waste everything that you found.
Live peacefully, amicably, fairly,
So that trouble could not sneak up on you.
So that life is fun and beautiful.
Do not part, children, never.
• I want to throw flowers at your feet,
So that the road was paved with them.
So that secret dreams come true
You ask God for blessings.
I will shower my family with congratulations,
Which is a little more than an hour old.
I will sprinkle you with holy water,
I will bless, yes so that with a margin.
I hasten to congratulate you with all my heart,
After all, marriage was a combination.
All congratulations in the world are good,
I give them to you with all my efforts.

Young people break off a piece, dip this piece in salt, feed each other, drink a drink and break glasses for happiness, throwing them at the same time right hand over the left shoulder. The guests form a living corridor through which the young people pass to their places of honor.

If you choose poems, then try to memorize them. Reading from a sheet with excitement means stuttering and stammering, riveting your gaze to the leaflet, and at this moment it is important to look at the young, and speech should be gentle and friendly.

The tradition of greeting newlyweds with bread and salt came to us from ancient times, when salt was still a sign of wealth, and bread was baked differently in every house: where it was rich, where it was rich. The mother-in-law, meeting her daughter-in-law on the threshold of the house, offered her to try THAT BREAD, which she now had to eat all her life in her husband's family. And if she presented the most precious thing - bread and salt, which used to be worth its weight in gold, then she gave the go-ahead for marriage!

IF YOU WANT TO BAKE A LOAF YOURSELF, THEN YOU WILL BE USEFUL
RECIPE OF A REAL WEDDING LOAF!

Another controversial point that I would like to mention: should the loaf be given to guests or only young people can eat it?

The answer must also be sought in the roots of the tradition. The fact is that earlier, and even now, Ukrainian holiday loaves were baked three-tiered, decorated sugar icing and dough flowers. Doesn't it immediately come to mind the analogy with a wedding cake?

So, the young people left the upper tier for themselves and their parents. Moreover, the part was supposed to be wrapped in a clean rag and kept forever. Close relatives were treated to the middle tier. And the bottom one, the biggest one, was handed out to the guests. Leaving the wedding without a piece of loaf - offending the newlyweds.
Now decide for yourself what to do with the loaf.

You will need

• icon of the Kazan Mother of God (for the parents of the bride);
• icon of the Savior (for the groom's parents);
• long towel.

Instruction

The bride's parents are the first to bless the young, "letting her go from her father's house to new family. This is done directly by leaving the house for wedding ceremony. Blessing is a sacrament, so it is not performed in public. The bride's parents and young people should leave the guests for a while and go to another room.

The blessing is made by the image of the Kazan Mother of God. If the family does not have it, the icon can be purchased in advance at the temple. You will also need a towel - it is not customary to take icons naked.

Take a towel in your hands, then, with its help, the icon, turning it in the direction of the bride and groom. Bless the bride first. There is no strict formula - just from pure heart wish her happiness, prosperity, love in her family life. Cross the bride with an icon and present the image so that she can kiss it. In the same way, admonish the groom. The icon with which the blessing was made must be taken with you to the church for the wedding ceremony.

The groom's parents bless the newlyweds when they return after the wedding - as a sign that they are accepted into their family, into their home. The ceremony takes place in exactly the same way, but instead of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, the Savior is taken. After the ceremony is completed, bread and salt are brought to the young on a towel.

Icons with which parents blessed their children for marriage are placed on festive table, and after the end of the celebration they take a place of honor in the house of the newlyweds - they are considered the guardians of the young family.

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Absence parental blessing is not an obstacle to the wedding ceremony, but is considered very undesirable. If the parents of the newlyweds are atheists and do not welcome the registration of marriage according to church rite, parental parting words can be replaced by a priestly one.

Sources:

• when to bless the newlyweds

Previously, it was considered unacceptable for the bride to marry without parental blessing. Only girls who ran away from their families and went against the will of their parents did this. Today, the blessing of the young does not always happen, and many people do not know how to properly conduct the ceremony.

Instruction

The groom's father ties his hands with a young prepared towel and brings him to the witnesses. So they must go hand in hand throughout their life together. Witnesses spread a towel in front of the bride and groom, the young stand on it, parents shower the young with millet for posterity, coins for prosperity in the house, sweets for a sweet life. Then the mothers untie their hands, subsequently the towel is stored as family heirloom passing by inheritance.

An old Russian tradition is to receive the blessing of parents for marriage. This is a special rite through which older generation approves the union of the bride and groom.

Instruction

According to tradition, the blessing ceremony should be performed before the marriage registration and ransom ceremony. For example, you can hold it on the eve of the wedding day or a few days before it. However, nowadays this rite sometimes becomes part of wedding program when already engaged newlyweds are met by parents with other guests, congratulated on marriage and invited to the table. Decide in advance when the blessing will take place to avoid confusion during the wedding.

Both the parents of the groom and the parents of the bride participate in the blessing ceremony. The father and mother of the groom stand close to each other opposite their son. At the same time, the father holds in his hands an icon depicting Christ. According to religious canons, the groom bends his knees with blessing. The father and mother take turns baptizing their son three times with an icon. Then the groom overshadows himself with the sign of the cross and is applied to the face of Christ - he kisses the icon. In the same order, the ceremony is performed by the father and mother of the bride. The difference between the ritual this case lies only in the icon used. This time it should not depict Jesus Christ, but the Mother of God.

The conclusion also provides for other stages in which the parents of the bride and groom must necessarily participate. For example, immediately after the betrothal, the young people get married in the church. At this point, parents should be behind the newlyweds. The groom's mother and father stand closer to their son, and the bride's parents stand closer to their daughter. At the end of the sacrament of the church marriage, the groom's parents must return home and prepare for the meeting of the newlyweds.

The groom's parents Orthodox traditions they again bless the new family after the wedding, inviting them to enter the house already as husband and wife. At the same time, the father holds in his hands the icon of the Mother of God, and the mother - a loaf with a check of salt. Young people tear off a piece of loaf, dip it in salt and feed each other. At the same time, the groom's father baptizes the young with an icon, and the mother says: “Welcome! Bread is salt! It is believed that this ritual will help make the house "hospitable", that is, generous with treats, and the young family will have everything in abundance. After the ceremony, the parents take turns hugging and kissing the groom on the cheeks, and also tell them their parting words. In the old days, after this, guests, as well as the bride and groom themselves, were invited to the table. Today, if wedding celebrations are held not in the house, but in a special institution, the whole company can go there.

A wedding is one of the most happy events in the lives of men and women. And I want her to be remembered for the rest of her life. For this, it is important not only beautiful holiday but also wishes to the newlyweds.

Feature of wishes for a wedding

If you decide what to prepare in advance wedding wishes no need, think again. A wedding is an event at which excitement is transmitted to everyone, even the most strong guests. Imagine that it was your turn to say a toast or present a gift, and all the words were lost somewhere.

When searching for the phrase "", so many results fall out that you can get lost in them. Yes, and it's easy to get confused - one site offers a lot of poems, another - toasts, the third - tips on how to write a congratulation yourself. For your wishes to the young, sincerity is very important, no matter what you choose - peeped on the Internet or written your own words. Indeed, for newlyweds, a wedding is the main holiday, and they want to hear only good and sincere wishes.

So what's the best thing to wish for? The most neutral wishes will be about happiness, peaceful life, long years together, joy, harmony, love, about overcoming difficulties and hardships together. It is important to emphasize the moment that the newlyweds will always be together, will not part.

Tip: make your greeting not very long so that it is better remembered and perceived. You can also write it by hand or print it out so that the bride and groom keep it for themselves.

And, of course, everyone wants to say something unhackneyed and original. But originality lies not only in words, but also in how they are presented. Even simple wishes happiness, love and for long years together" will look very different, handwritten on beautiful postcard with the signature of the one who congratulates. If you creative person, then you can make a postcard yourself or to your taste.

Congratulations examples

So, you are set to choose your congratulations to the young couple. As mentioned above, there can be several types of wishes: a toast, a poem, a saying, and even a joke.

Tip: find out the details about the wedding in advance. Perhaps the newlyweds will be against the exclamations of "bitter." Or they are not going to have children. In this case, wishes for big family will be inappropriate.

Often at a wedding, the witnesses of the bride and groom go around the guests and offer them to wish something to the new family. Here are some examples of congratulations:

“In the eyes - love and happiness light!
Work - for the groom, comfort - for the bride ...
You go for many long years
We are inseparable together in life!”
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“Congratulating the newlyweds, I want to recall the words of one writer:“ Happy marriage“It’s a long conversation that always feels too short.” May your life together be a long tender conversation of your hearts.

“I wish you never feel lonely, because today you have ceased to be so. Keep this feeling forever in your life, remember your love story, fall in love with each other every day and do not let adversity and difficulties sink your ship of love.

IN Lately Not all couples go through a wedding ceremony. But it is still important to observe the ceremony called the blessing of the young. The main participants in the events here are the bride and groom before going to the registry office and the bride's parents. Often there are God-parents young. Parents at this moment give parting words and wish happiness to the new family.

For the rite of blessing, parents pick up pre-prepared icons. Perhaps they are kept in the family and passed down from generation to generation. Then they will be needed for the ceremony. The icon should show Holy Mother of God. For the groom, an icon of Jesus Christ is taken. Although the church does not special instructions what exactly the icons should be.

Future newlyweds kneel in front of their parents on a special towel. Parents take the icons in their hands facing the young and say a blessing. This speech is delivered in a free form. The main thing is that it comes from the soul of the parents. Parents can say parting words, wish happiness future family And early birth children.

After the words are spoken, the parents make the sign of the cross three times with icons in front of the young. Then the bride and groom should kiss the icons and cross themselves. The icons pass into the hands of the newlyweds and are hung in a red corner in their joint housing.

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The newlyweds can receive a blessing only if both are baptized.

Helpful advice

Some greatly facilitate the rite of blessing. In this case, parents can simply say parting words to the young, wish them all the best and that their path life together was as smooth as wedding rings.

Options for the scenario of the meeting of the newlyweds with and without a loaf.

old tradition to meet the newlyweds after the wedding and (or) solemn registration of marriage has survived to this day. Of course, the ceremony of meeting itself has been significantly transformed, somewhat simplified, but has not lost its mysterious charm and beauty, and most importantly, its symbolic significance: for the first time, parents meet the young already in a new status, like husband and wife.

Toastmaster's advice: Dear newlyweds, a wedding is your holiday - how to spend it is up to you. Traditions - traditions, but variants of scenarios nice meeting great multitude. Traditionally, parents meet the newlyweds with a loaf, but if for some reason you are not satisfied with the "meeting with the loaf" or you are having a wedding in European style, do not be puzzled, a bright and memorable meeting can be arranged without it.

In our time, most often, the style and scenario of the wedding is determined by the newlyweds themselves, and it would never occur to anyone to condemn them for "non-compliance with tradition." Next, we will talk about various options holding a meeting, both with and without a loaf.

A bit of history.
The tradition of welcoming newlyweds with bread more likely thousand years of history, this is evidenced by the commonality of this tradition among the Slavic peoples:

Wedding bread among the Slavic peoples was necessarily shared at the end wedding dinner. Performed this an honorable duty older friend or "headman". The "older" part was given to the newlyweds. Parents and relatives received the next pieces, the sole of the loaf, in which coins were often baked, was handed over to the musicians, and the rest was distributed to the “Cossacks” - children and adolescents who remained “outside the threshold” during the wedding. Most often, the division of the loaf was combined with gifting the young. Having received a piece of loaf, the guest put money, linen on a plate, or promised a heifer, a sheep, a piglet. The Slavic principle of "reflection" has always worked - "Give and you will be given", therefore, the newlyweds tried to distribute a loaf maximum number guests.

But the meeting of the newlyweds with the loaf became widespread in Russia only in the 19th century, before that, each locality used its own options wedding bread who, however, are still alive today.

But back to our time.
Now, according to tradition, parents meet the newlyweds with parting words and wishes. The groom's mother (mother-in-law) has a loaf in her hands on a tray covered with an elegant painted towel. Mother of the bride (mother-in-law) blesses the young family icon. This may be the image of the Virgin, Nicholas the Wonderworker. or the patron saint of the family. The bride's father (father-in-law) holds a tray with two glasses, and the groom's father (father-in-law) can solemnly present the bride with a letter stating that she has been happily accepted into the family. But first, the guests stand on both sides of the path leading to the threshold of the house (restaurant), where the parents are waiting for the young. The newlyweds, getting out of the car, pass through a row of guests who, with words of congratulations and wishes, arrange an extraordinary “rain” of rose petals. By the way, rain on the wedding day is considered lucky omen- to an easy life together, family well-being.

Here, example script, ( we discuss and agree on specific scenario options with the newlyweds individually):

Toastmaster or presenter wedding celebration meets the newlyweds, addresses them:

"Dear newlyweds! By tradition, the people dearest to you - your parents - meet you here. Mom has a wedding loaf in her hands as a symbol of well-being and prosperity.
Newlyweds! Break off a piece of bread and season with salt! You have the opportunity last time annoy each other. Yes, salt more ... And now exchange slices of bread. Look at each other with tenderness and feed each other."

To the approving exclamations of the guests, the newlyweds "feed" each other.

Presenter:

“Well, we found out who in the family will be the breadwinner. Well done, the groom! And now the parting words of the parents before family life."

The groom's parents say parting words to the newlyweds.

Toastmaster's advice ("What to say when meeting newlyweds?"): Dear Parents, to meet the newlyweds with a loaf, you do not need to prepare long parting speeches- save them for the banquet, because the newlyweds and guests are returning from wedding walk and, most likely, already tired from the road and probably hungry. It is not worth keeping them on the doorstep for a long time.
I’ll say from experience that it’s also not worth memorizing speech in advance, it’s best to say a few words from the heart and from the heart. If you are afraid that prepared nice words they can forget from excitement, write them down on a piece of paper and keep it with you - it will be calmer.
And last, possible question: "What to talk about?" Once again, I want to make a reservation, not a single blank sounds as sincere and touching as the words spoken impromptu and from the heart, but I still think it’s worth giving examples here:

"I want to keep that warmth in your hearts,
which keeps this loaf in itself.
May your house be filled with it warmth,
welcome guests and children.
Advice to you and love!"

You can also say that in the person of your daughter-in-law you acquired a daughter, respectively, in the person of a son-in-law - a son.

(example for mother-in-law)
We had one son (only sons), and now we are doubly happy,
having such a beautiful daughter.
Your union is just a great happiness for us.

And let you have it in reserve just in case following words:

"Dear children!
We congratulate you, bless your marriage, wish you happiness.
Advice to you and love!"

After all the parting words have been said, the host, on behalf of the newlyweds, invites everyone to the table:

We invite everyone to the feast,
To the wedding hospitality.

The newlyweds go to the banquet hall and take a place for wedding table.

Meeting of the newlyweds without a loaf.

If the newlyweds decide that they will meet them without a loaf, then there is a huge scope for developing scenarios - everything is determined by their own wishes.
You can hold a meeting according to the scenario outlined earlier, excluding the loaf - an experienced host will be able to fill the resulting "scenario gap", in addition, to decorate the rite, you can give multi-colored ribbons to the guests creating the corridor (you can see what happens).
When holding a celebration in the European style - the meeting of the newlyweds takes place, most often, directly in banquet hall to solemn music, thunderous applause from all those present and welcoming words from the presenter. Young people go to the banquet hall, receive congratulations from the guests, take pictures with them and take a seat at the wedding table (by the way, do not forget - the bride sits to the right of the groom).

The scenario of how to properly meet the young after the registry office looks like this: A cortege with the young people drives up to the place where the wedding banquet will be held. Guests who arrived a little earlier stand on both sides of the porch, thus forming a living corridor. They may have hops, rice, nuts, sweets, small coins and rose petals in their hands, which they will sprinkle on the young when they go through this corridor. Moreover, each of these items is taken for a reason, but has its own meaning: Hops are used as a symbol of a fun and easy life. Rice or millet is a symbol of numerous children. Nuts - for a strong marriage. Candy is a symbol of the sweet life. Small coins are used to attract money. Rose petals or other flowers are a wish for the newlyweds' children of beauty and health. The groom's parents stand in the very center of this corridor and meet the young husband and wife. At the same time, the parents have in their hands a towel with embroidery “bread and salt”, on which the loaf is located. How to meet young people after the registry office with a loaf, there are many options. All of them depend on the method of making this bread. In any case, the loaf is a beautiful and tasty bread, hand-made by a happily married woman, who, while kneading the dough, must read the prayers “Our Father” and “Theotokos”. It happens that the loaf is made three-layer, where upper layer they give it to the young, the middle one is divided among the guests, and the lower one (in which coins are also baked) - to the wedding musicians. But most often this part of the rite is greatly simplified. Then the newlyweds pass through the corridor of the guests and stop in front of the groom's parents. They bless them either with words coming from the heart, or special prayer, or poetic congratulations, which reflects all the necessary wishes. For example, the words, how to meet the young after the registry office and bless, can be like this: Our dear children! Accept the loaf from us, It is ruddy, fresh, lush, Like your love, beautiful. They baked it for you with soul, Happiness, joy invested, So that you, having tasted it, Lived your life in love. After that, the young should bow to their parents, kiss the wedding loaf and eat a piece of this bread. There are several different customs here: Newlyweds loaf can only bite. Then it is believed that whoever bites off a larger piece will be the head of the family. According to another tradition, young people can break the loaf. But at the same time, having broken off a piece of bread, they must heavily salt the pieces of their spouse. It is believed that in this way they “salt” each other for the last time. In any case, the newlyweds should eat at least a small piece of the loaf. Then the bread is either allowed to be cut (and then the child should cut it) and then distributed to the guests, or they are immediately put on the table, where the guests themselves are treated to a loaf. In some traditions, the groom's parents end their blessing by breaking bread over the heads of the newlyweds before serving the loaf to the guests so that the crumbs from the loaf fall on them. Now the groom's parents must cross the young family with icons. At the same time, the faces of the Savior and the Virgin are kept on the towel "Save and Save." How to meet the young parents of the groom after the registry office, blessing them with icons, it is best to find out from a spiritual mentor in advance. Sometimes the husband's parents divide their rights like this: the mother blesses with a loaf, and the father with icons. But they can do it together. There are no clear instructions on how to meet the young after the registry office for the bride's parents. It is traditionally believed that after the marriage, the young wife becomes part of the husband's family, so usually the bride's parents are simply among the guests. But today, most often the parents of the bride also take part in the ceremony. After receiving a blessing from the mother and father of the groom, the young family accepts glasses of champagne from the mother and father of the bride. Now the newlyweds must drink champagne, and break the glasses themselves. At the same time, the drink symbolizes prosperity and a sweet life, and glasses - grief, which breaks into happiness! After that, all the guests and the newlyweds go together to the tables and proceed to wedding banquet. In this case, the newlyweds should follow at the very beginning of the procession.