Can you help me revise if it needs it???

mariaNryan

 

Mr. & Mrs. Nikolaos Skoullos
and
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Eutermarks
invite you to share in the joy
of the marriage uniting their children 
Maria Nick  Skoullos  
and 
Ryan John Eutermarks  

This celebration of love will be
on Saturday, the nineteenth of February

Two thousand and eleven  
at three o'clock in the afternoon

Saint George Greek Orthodox Church

818 Valley Road

Clifton, NJ 07013

Reception to follow at Five-Thirty in the evening

The Tides Estate

1245 Belmont Avenue

North Haledon, NJ 07508

uppereastgirl

the things that jump out at me (although honestly, it is pretty clean to start!)

- I'd probably omit your last names because your parents' last names are included (also, I'd edit them out here so you don't get cyberstalkers)
- This celebration of love will be on" sounds strange to me and maybe too casual-- I'd prefer "will take place on"
- I prefer "two thousand eleven"
- I don't believe the year should be capitalized, but I defer to others on that
- there is no reason to capitalize "five-thirty," and at any rate I think it should be "half past five"
- technically because the reception is at a different place its information should be on a separate card -- but I think you can get away with what you have (although it is an action-packed invitation)

mariaNryan

thanks soo much..... great advice.... now how do i get rid of the last names lol i totally just copied and paste it off my word copy... didnt even think of that!!!!

uppereastgirl

You can click "edit" on the bottom of the post and take them out!

peaches85

Nothing to add, but that's my family's church!!  :-)

mariaNryan

us too!!! Been going to that church since i was born..... Baptist there and all

mariaNryan

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[QUOTE]  Mr. & Mrs. Nikolaos and Mr. & Mrs. Raymond invite you to share in the joy of the marriage uniting their children  Maria Nick     and  Ryan John    This celebration of love will be on Saturday, the nineteenth of February Two thousand and eleven   at three o'clock in the afternoon Saint George Greek Orthodox Church 818 Valley Road Clifton, NJ 07013 Reception to follow at Five-Thirty in the evening The Tides Estate 1245 Belmont Avenue North Haledon, NJ 07508
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Jaytee501

Annnd...that was my family's church, too! Do either of you remember Father Orfanakos (I think he's there part time now) or his son, "Father George," who stepped down from the Priesthood a few years ago? He was remarried at St. George's to his second wife. Apparently you can be a divorced, practicing priest in the Greek Orthodox Church & you CAN remarry (sorry if you know this!) but you cannot remarry IN the Orthodox Church. Wacky Greeks we are

George is only a few years older than me ;-/ and I used to do GOYA stuff with him & his younger sister (his older brother Peter is a priest as well).

SO sorry to be SO far off topic...and of no help, though I think your responses cover your question!

mariaNryan

Yes I new all this and father John Bap me 24 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe you guys are greek and we all go to the same church!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy stuff!!!! Jaytee did you get married there?????

Peaches are you getting married there?????????????

peaches85

Nope!  I'm not getting married there... my father is Methodist so I was actually never baptized at all.  My mom and her 7 brothers and sisters all grew up in Clifton and Paterson and they all were baptized and went through GOYA at Saint George.  And all of my Yia-Yia's siblings still go there or had their funerals there and all of my cousins were baptized there.

I'm the odd one out... kind of like the anti-Christ since I was never baptized, haha.  But I did go to services at Saint George when I was growing up (in addition to services at a local Methodist church).

peaches85

Oh!  And I did know about Father George!  :-)   In fact before my parents were married he was their counselor because my dad didn't want to get married without a priest's blessings even though they weren't getting married in the church.  My mom loves him and to this day she calls every priest we meet Father George because in her mind he is the "only" priest, haha.

mariaNryan

hahaha too funny!

Jaytee501

Peaches...cute about your mom & Father George, very sweet that your dad wanted the blessing!

My parents were married in (my mom is not Greek) the now-shut down, once "Mother Church" of G.O. churches in NJ- St. Nicholas, Newark. My brother & I were baptized there, too, by the late Father Aloupas (<-- a lot of older Greek people anywhere in NJ know of him; he was an amazing person). It's now rebuilding in more suburban, safe Roseland.

Maria, I did not get married in the church, either. I didn't convert (my husband is Lutheran by baptism) but I wasn't married in the church. Greek Orthodox ceremonies are so beautiful & so rich in tradition...

At the time, I felt my now DH would feel alienated by the ceremony/not understanding, etc. but so much has changed to make the couple, if not both Greek Orthodox, and their guests feel more included so I don't know if I should have been concerned.

Some of my family was disappointed but they recovered quickly

mariaNryan

yea my fiancee is not greek and I told the priest that I wanted it all in english and to the point.... I love the way it is but i wanted to make sure my fiancee and his family feels comftable as well with the whole ceremony....