Archpriest Andrei Tkachev. (№ 459725)

An unmarried marriage is a marriage, but Christ has not yet come to this marriage. When we marry people who have been married for many years, who have given birth and raised children, we tell them this: “You were husband and wife until today, and now you have become husband and wife in Christ. Christ turned water into wine at the wedding in Cana. Your life before the wedding was water. It was refreshing and nourishing. Now, with the coming of Christ to your marriage, it should become wine, that is, it should become more beautiful, tastier and healthier.”