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Two ceremonies, two days, two officiants; do both need to be ordained?

Krys, on April 20, 2021 at 9:37 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 9

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So my fiancé and I are splitting our wedding up into two days due to covid and finances. We’re having a church ceremony on a Saturday with a small lunch reception (more for our son, who we’re having baptized at the ceremony as well), then the next day an evening non-denominational (but semi-pagan-ish) ceremony and more “proper” dinner reception. All guests are invited to both.

My question is regarding to officiants being legally ordained. Our legal marriage date will be on the Saturday, where we, the priest, and witnesses will sign the marriage license. Since that’s the legal wedding and Sunday is more symbolic, would my officiant for Sunday need to be ordained, as well? I’m considering asking my aunt to do it, and need to know if she would need to go through the process of being ordained if my fiancé and I are technically already married.

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Devoted August 2022
Nicole · on April 20, 2021 at 9:47 AM
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You can only get legally married once. So the first officiant needs to be ordained, and then the second one can be anyone since it's a symbolic but not legal ceremony.
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Krys · on April 20, 2021 at 9:48 AM
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Thanks! I kind of figured that but wasn’t 100% sure.
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June 2021
Dj Tanner · on April 20, 2021 at 9:51 AM
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No, because you’d already be married at that point. It’s basically just a reenactment If you want to think about it that way, so nothing in the law book says that he/she has to be legally ordained.
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June 2021
Dj Tanner · on April 20, 2021 at 9:52 AM
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That sounds like so much fun though! 🎉
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Katie · on April 20, 2021 at 10:20 AM
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No, you only need to have one to legally marry you and your fiance. Since you will already be legally married on Sunday you will be able to ask your aunt.
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Samantha · on April 20, 2021 at 10:55 AM
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As others have said, you only need the legal marriage once.
My FH is Icelandic and apparently there and other Nordic countries, getting married at the same time as the child’e baptism was really common in the days when a lot communities didn’t have their own priests. During the good weather months, the priests would travel around tending to the communities needs.
He also said that the parents didn’t tell anyone the baby’s names until the baptism, part of an old superstition to keep the elves from stealing the babies before baptism. They held to thar in a fun way with his kids, they told the older kids to chase the elves away if anyone said the name, I thought that was adorable!
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Krys · on April 20, 2021 at 12:49 PM
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Yeah I figured as much but wanted to be sure just in case. I know if she did have to be she would without question but not having to worry about that is definitely a weight off my back in planning this whole thing.
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Krys · on April 20, 2021 at 12:51 PM
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Haha, that’s so cute! Sounds like a lot of fun for the kids.

I never realized that getting married and having a baptism on the same day was actually a common thing at one point but that makes sense.
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Samantha · on April 20, 2021 at 1:19 PM
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Not everywhere, but in many places. It was also often a way for couple’s to push parents into agreeing to marrIage if the parents resisted!
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