Greek Wedding Photography by GK Photography NYC! Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC know all the traditional Greek Wedding customs and the traditional and the Greek Wedding Ceremony. The Greek Wedding ceremony consists of two parts, the Service of Betrothal, and the Sacrament of Marriage. During The Greek Wedding, The Service of Betrothal includes the exchanging of rings which have been blessed by the priest. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture your betrothal unlike any other photojournalist in the industry today. In the Greek Wedding it is Greek tradition that the bride and groom are honored as queen and king for the day and Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC honor that tradition.
Greek Engagement Photography by GK Photography NYC! During the Greek Engagement ceremony the priest may attend to bless the Wedding Rings. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC are familiar with this ceremony and the importance that it has to the couple. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture your Greek Engagement Ceremony with the same passion, edgy, modern, artistic and photojournalistic photography that GK Photography NYC is known for.
Greek Baptism Photography by GK Photography NYC! Greek Baptism Photographer Gerasimos Katechis is the founder of GK Photography NYC and has specialized in covering Greek Baptisms since the inception of the company and has become known as the King of Baptisms with his passionate coverage of this most most important day. Greek Baptism Photography is a true passion of the entire team of Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC bring a new edge to artistic, modern and photojourmalistic coverage to Greek Baptism Photography. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC know all the traditional Greek Baptism customs and traditional and the Greek Baptism Ceremony.
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Greek Wedding Photography by GK Photography NYC! Greek Wedding Photographer Gerasimos Katechis is the founder of GK Photography NYC and has specialized in covering Greek Weddings since the inception of the company. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC bring a new edge to artistic, modern and photojourmalistic coverage to Greek Wedding Photography. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC know all the traditional Greek Wedding customs and traditional and the Greek Wedding Ceremony.
The Greek Wedding ceremony consists of two parts, the Service of Betrothal, and the Sacrament of Marriage. During The Greek Wedding, The Service of Betrothal includes the exchanging of rings which have been blessed by the priest. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture your betrothal unlike any other photojournalist in the industry today. In the Greek Wedding it is Greek tradition that the bride and groom are honored as queen and king for the day and Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC honor that tradition. During the Sacrament of Marriage at the Greek Wedding, the couple receives lighted candles to hold throughout the Greek Wedding service. The Koumbara and or Koumbaro bestows the couple with crowns called stefana while the couple holds hands and Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC is there to capture the Greek Wedding Sacrament and the family. During the Greek Wedding betrothal service there is the retelling of the miracle of converting water into wine and then wine is given to the couple as a remembrance of the miracle. The couple drinking from the same cup is also symbolic of the life they will share. This is the first moments of the couple's betrothal and Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC understand capture the essence of these most treasured moments. The drinking of wine during the Greek Wedding is separate and apart from Holy Communion, which takes place before the Greek wedding day. If you wish for Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC to capture your holy communion sacrament, this is a photojournalistic service that we provide. The couple is then walked around an altar three times to represent their everlasting journey. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC capture these important first steps as a married couple and the reaction of your family and friends. The stefana is then removed and the couple declared married.
Following the Greek Wedding Ceremony Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the newly wed couple, their bridal party and family in a photoshoot of edgy artistic, traditional, and journalistic style. The Greek Wedding Reception is filled with many wonderful Greek traditions! Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the bridal party, parents and newly wed couple walking into the reception, the traditional first dance of the couple, the traditional first Greek dance of the couple and their family and we stay until the Greek Zembekika are danced the the couple are showered with bills! Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the couple's every artistic creative touch that they took the time to add to their Greek Wedding. Every flower you selected, the details of your center pieces of your tables, the details of your party favors, the details of your entire Greek Wedding! Greek Wedding photography is truly a specialty of the company.
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Greek Engagement Photography by GK Photography NYC! Greek Wedding Photographer Gerasimos Katechis is the founder of GK Photography and has specialized in covering Greek Engagements and Greek Weddings since the inception of the company. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC bring a new edge to modern, artistic and photojourmalistic coverage to Greek Engagement Photography and Greek Wedding Photography. During the Greek Engagement ceremony the priest may attend to bless the Wedding Rings. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC are familiar with this ceremony and the importance that it has to the couple. Greek Wedding Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture your Greek Engagement Ceremony with the same passion, edgy modern, artistic and photojournalistic photography that GK Photography NYC is known for.
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Greek Baptism Photography by GK Photography NYC! Greek Baptism Photographer Gerasimos Katechis is the founder of GK Photography NYC and has specialized in covering Greek Baptisms since the inception of the company and has become the King of Baptisms with his passionate coverage this most most important day. Greek Baptism Photography is a true passion of the entire team of Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC bring a new edge to artistic, modern and photojourmalistic coverage to Greek Baptism Photography. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC know all the traditional Greek Baptism customs and traditional and the Greek Baptism Ceremony.
Thee Greek Orthodox baptism is rich with symbolism, every step of the process reflects the journey from evil into the light of love for our Lord and savior Jesus and Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC are intimate with the all the details of this wonderful ceremony.
The first step of the Greek Baptism begins with the entrance to the church. This is to show that the one being received is not yet a member of the Church. In this portion of the Greek baptism, The priest calls upon the nouno and nouna to renounce Satan and all his works from the child. The renouncing of Satan is done facing the west, it is where the sun sets, the place where the ancient Greeks believed to be the location of Hades, the gates of Hell. Then the priest faces east, where the sun rises which is important to the Greek Baptism and Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC. He asks the godparents to accept for the child "Christ, who is the light of the world". Renouncing Satan and accepting Christ expresses our faith from the master of darkness to the master of light and Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the details of this part of the ceremony and the bond expressed between the child, parents and godparents.
The priest makes the sign of the cross over the child, this is repeated often during the service. In the Greek Baptism, he cross is the sign of victory, this puts the devil into flight. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture your child receiving this blessing.In the Greek Bapitsm, The godparents are asked to confess faith in Christ on behalf of the infant. They recite the Nicene Creed. The Creed was the password that distinguished the ancient Christians as members of the Christian faith. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC has a unique artistic and photojournalistic style of capturing these Greek Baptismal moments. In the Greek Baptism the child is received into the Church, emphasis is placed on individuality, with his name he is distinguished from every other child. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC is there to capture your child individuality. This is an expression of dignity in the eyes of God. It is the Greek Orthodox Church's expression of acceptance of him as an individual in his own right, a new beginning of life through the Greek baptism.
In Greek Baptism, Olive oil is blessed by the priest and applied to the child's hands, feet ears and mouth, in order to dedicate them to the service of Christ. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC capture the details the godparents put into selecting the beautiful bottle, the godparents holding the oil and the priest anointing the child. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC then captures The god parents anointing the entire body of the child with the oil from multiple angles in a photojournalistic style. This originated with ancient Greek wrestlers who anointed their body with olive oil in order to make it difficult for the opponents to maintain a grip on them. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC know that In Greek baptism the child anointed with olive oil expresses a prayer that with Christ's help he may be able to elude the grip of sin and the importance of this ritual.
Greek Orthodox believe that Christ died for our sins. The full immersion in water symbolizes death in the Greek Baptism. Through Greek baptism we share mysteriously in Christ's death. The baptized infant rises out of the water as a new person, cleansed of every sin and promising the surrender of his life to Christ, his Savior. The triple immersion symbolizes the three days our Lord spent in His tomb as well as the Holy Trinity - "The servant of God - is baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC encourages you to discuss with your Greek Orthodox priest to have your child fully submerged all three times during the Greek Baptism. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC style is to capture the Greek Baptism from as many angles as possible. Greek Baptism photography by Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC is like none other.In the Greek Baptism, The new clothes signify the entirely new life that we receive after we are "buried with Jesus in His death." Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC captures the grandparents dressing the child in their new clothes that the godparents carefully selected for the child's Greek baptism. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the ritual dance around the church of the Godparents and child. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC always capture the parents and grandparents reactions.
The Greek Baptism Reception is filled with many wonderful Greek traditions! It will include a beautiful celebratory meal with family and may include elaborate and traditional Greek Dancing. Greek Baptims Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the newly baptized child, parents, godparents and family and friends during all these moments. Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC capture the traditional first Greek dance of the child and their family and we stay until the Greek Zembekika are danced the the child are showered with bills! Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC will capture the parents' and godparents' every artistic creative touch that they took the time to add to their child's Greek baptism. Every flower selected, the details of the center pieces on the tables, the details of the party favors, the details of your entire Greek Baptism! Greek Baptism photography is truly Greek Baptism Photographers GK Photography NYC passion.
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