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We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making this long journey to be with us and we truly wish you to enjoy your time in Cyprus and certainly, our wedding day.

Fotini & Andreas

Schedule

13:30

Allamata Andrew

15:00

Allamata Fotini

17:00

Marrying o’clock

The ceremony will begin at 17:00 in Agios Tychonas church and will last around 1 hour. Normally the Groom waits for the bride outside the church.

19:30

Reception

After the ceremony, the couple will meet all family and friends at 19:30 at Dafermou Winery, at Lefkara village.

Allamata

This word traces back to the Cypriot tradition relating to “changing clothes” while the Groom and the Bride are preparing to meet each other at the Church. According to tradition, the couple has to sleep separately the day before the wedding.

During the “Allamata” time you will see many of our traditions:

The Dancing of the clothes: The Groom’s/Bride’s clothes, shoes and accessories are placed in the “tseston”, a handmade traditional Cypriot basket, and covered with a red cloth. Then, accompanied by violins and songs, the Best Man/ Maid of Honour and close friends dance the “tseston” around the Groom/Bride symbolising good fortune. Each dancer would first make the sign of the cross and then pick up the basket with the clothes to dance. He/she dances three circles around the bride or groom, or around the chair on which the basket was placed.
The Dressing: during this stage, the Best Man and the maid of Honor dress up the Groom/Bride. The Bride writes the names of all the single ladies under the shoe and the tradition has it that the first name being worn off at the end of the day is the next to get married.
The “Smoking”: The bride and groom are blessed with a censer to protect against the evil eye. The parents bless the couple by circling the censer around their head three times.
The “Zosimo”: The Bride/Groom is blessed with a red scarf or belt three times by each parent. This is a special and sacred moment, as the parents are bidding their child farewell. The Bride/Groom is blessed by other relatives as well, grandparents, siblings, godparents. They use the scarf to make the sign of the crucifix on the bride and groom’s chest or head, while in some villages the crucifix is shaped by stretching the scarf and making two cross movements in front of the chest. They then take it in turns to wrap the scarf or belt around the bride and groom’s waist three times, tying it loosely. The wrapping of the scarf three times around the waist is to keep the evil eye away from the couple. At the same time, in the process there is a wish for fertility.
The Drinking & Dancing: nothing ends without drinking and dancing!