CIMG2361 M, P and the wedding party outside the church

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M, P and the wedding party outside the church

CIMG2361 M, P and the wedding party outside the church

CIMG2361 M, P and the wedding party outside the church.

My sister’s wedding took place in a Russian Orthodox church of Our Lady of the Sign. Its full name, translated from Russian, would be something more like “Church of the icon of The Sign of the Most Holy Mother of God, Pure Virgin Mary.” It is named in honor of a famous medieval icon, “The Sign” (Znameniye), to which many miracles were attributed.

I never quite understood why my sister and her husband picked this church for their wedding, since our family is neither Russian nor Orthodox. As far as I know, she just really liked this church.

May 2006, Vilnius, Lithuania