Comments on: Step On Your Foot http://greekweddingsandtraditions.com/2008/01/30/step-on-your-foot/ Embracing Greek wedding traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Laura http://greekweddingsandtraditions.com/2008/01/30/step-on-your-foot/#comment-196 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:37:46 +0000 http://greekweddings.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-196 Whats is the actual line the preist says? he he he

]]> By: siamavris http://greekweddingsandtraditions.com/2008/01/30/step-on-your-foot/#comment-70 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:43:50 +0000 http://greekweddings.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-70 Thanks for the insight Dimitris.

My boyfriend jokes with me about this and has always said that he will step on my foot on our wedding day. Now i can tell him not to bother…because it is my job ;-)

I guess people have different interpretations about these things. Traditions change over time and mean different things to different people.

]]> By: Dimitris http://greekweddingsandtraditions.com/2008/01/30/step-on-your-foot/#comment-67 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:31 +0000 http://greekweddings.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-67 During the Greek Orthodox ceremomy the priest mentions “the wife should be scared of her husband” in the context of showing respect to him. This has been twisted during the last decades and according to the bride’s temperament sometimes it is customary to step on her husband’s foot when the priest is reading this part. Therefore the stepping is done only from the brides.

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