How to Get Married in Cyprus?

You are lucky if you met your soul mate before moving to Cyprus.

If you move for work, you will be granted a work visa and your spouse and children will be granted a "dependant" visa. That is, they can stay in Cyprus with you.

You are lucky if you met your love already in Cyprus and she is a happy owner of a European passport. In this case you get the rights of a European resident as a family member.

You are lucky if you met your love on our marvelous island of Aphrodite. If your loved one does not have a Cypriot or European passport it is not a problem. In Cyprus, a resident of any country can get legally married, which is recognized in any country in the world.

For this purpose are required:

valid national or foreign passports;

English translated and apostilled birth certificates,

a certificate of absence of marriage or previous divorce (you can get it from a consulate if you cannot go to the civil registry office in your home country);

a joint statement called "Notice of Marriage" expressing your desire to marry.

The documents mentioned above should be brought to any municipality, where you will receive a certificate with the date of the ceremony. The date should not be less than 15 days or not more than 3 months. If you are impatient to get married urgently, you will find several wedding agencies in Cyprus. They claim that they can organize a wedding almost the next day.

A civil wedding is celebrated in the presence of two witnesses, who need to show their identity cards, if there are no such, then the witnesses will write down the employees of the municipality.

A civil wedding in Cyprus does not have to take place in the town hall of your chosen municipality, although it is definitely possible. It can also be held in a hotel, on the beach or any other venue of your choice in consultation with the wedding organizer of the respective municipality.

To summarize, the fastest official wedding in Cyprus requires a minimum of 3 working days:

At least 1 day before the wedding submit the originals of all documents to the municipality;

the wedding itself;

apostilization of the marriage certificate.

Most European countries now support the legality of same-sex marriage. In Cyprus, this law was arrived at through years of public debate. Today, LGBTI people can also have a domestic partnership on the island of Aphrodite.

You are extremely lucky if you have been legally married for several years, but you want to be together in heaven. Then you can organize a beautiful wedding ceremony on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The Orthodox Church of Cyprus and the Russian Orthodox Church are in Eucharistic communion, and any Sacrament administered by a Cypriot priest is recognized in the Russian (Belorussian, Ukrainian) Orthodox Church.

Marriages take place in churches or monasteries under the auspices of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. In addition, there are several Russian-speaking parishes in Cyprus and it is possible to get married directly in a Russian church. To obtain a marriage license, the couple must first visit the priest of the church that will perform the marriage ceremony.

To obtain a marriage license, two Orthodox Christians must have the following documents:

identity cards (passports);

birth certificates;

a civil marriage certificate from the civil registry office or municipality;

certificates that the person is not married, issued by the place of birth of the person concerned (in cases where the person comes from a refugee family, the certificate is issued by the diocese and then certified by the relevant Cathedral);

written consent of both spouses to perform the sacrament of marriage.

Also, keep in mind that on certain days weddings are not held in Cyprus. Namely:

Wednesday and Friday, except on days when meat is permitted.

Holy Spirit Week

Easter week

During the first week of the Triodion (the week after Green Monday).

Finally you are lucky if you have just met your love at all. Take care of her and don't let bureaucratic obstacles spoil the relationship. Live happily ever after.