Stalin & Vamp's Wedding Ceremony

Hey, guys, I've finally been able to put the text together from our wedding ceremony. It was held in a very beautiful setting with swans and pirate ships and lots of ocean water all around. I'll try to post some photos of it soon. Due to my handsome hubby being Russian, the ceremony was held in Russian & English, but I've removed the Russian text to simplify posting the text here to save space.

[2013/02/09 11:26] đε (deanna.moonwall): Welcome everyone to this wonderful & special day! Before we begin this ceremony, let us take a moment to invite the Lord's blessing on these nuptuals.

[2013/02/09 11:26] đε (deanna.moonwall): God, for the joy of this occasion we thank you. For the significance of this wedding day we thank you. For this important moment in an ever growing relationship we thank you. For your presence here and now and for your presence at all times, we thank you. In Christ's holy name. Amen.

[2013/02/09 11:27] đε (deanna.moonwall): Dear friends and family, with great affection for Stalin and Vamp, we have gathered together to witness and bless their union in marriage. To this sacred moment they bring the fullness of their hearts as a treasure and a gift from God to share with one another. They bring the dreams which bind them together in an eternal commitment. They bring their gifts and talents, their unique personalities and spirits, which God will unite together into one being as they build their life together. We rejoice with them in thankfulness to the Lord for creating this union of hearts, built on friendship, respect and love.

[2013/02/09 11:28] đε (deanna.moonwall): Who gives this bride in marriage?

[2013/02/09 11:28] flipncrazy: i do i have that honor

[2013/02/09 11:29] đε (deanna.moonwall): Thank you. You may be seated please. Vamp, please come forward to stand beside your future husband and join hands.

[2013/02/09 11:29] đε (deanna.moonwall): Stalin and Vamp, you have made a very serious and important decision in choosing to marry each other today. You are entering into a sacred covenant as life partners in God. The quality of your marriage will reflect what you put into nurturing this relationship.

[2013/02/09 11:30] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): /me smiles up brightly into his eyes

[2013/02/09 11:30] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me squeeses her hand abit

[2013/02/09 11:30] đε (deanna.moonwall): You have the opportunity to go forward from this day to create a faithful, kind, and tender relationship. We bless you this day. It is up to you to keep the blessings flowing each and every day of your lives together. We wish for you the wisdom, compassion, and constancy to create a peaceful sanctuary in which you can both grow in love.

[2013/02/09 11:31] đε (deanna.moonwall): Stalin and Vamp, please turn at this time to face each other as you exchange your vows.

[2013/02/09 11:32] đε (deanna.moonwall): At this time Stalin and Vamp would like to take a few moments to share with all present and with each other their own heartfelt words of love and devotion.

[2013/02/09 11:32] đε (deanna.moonwall): Stalin will you now share your words to Vamp?

[2013/02/09 11:32] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): Yes, i am.

[2013/02/09 11:34] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): The road of my life brought me in here today to ask a question and give an answer. My way was long and hard, but all has its own reasons. I needed a lot of time to gather pieces of mine together, to see things clearly and to fulfill my empty soul. But today, today I am gathered as never been before.

[2013/02/09 11:34] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): I met you Vamp 3 years ago. I remember as if it was yesterday when I saw you in Newland near the Prison Hill. I remember your first "darlin". For all this time you have been proving me that you can be by my side. You showed me honesty, kindness, loyalty, patience, attention, and the endless and complete love to me. Even when I was a bad boy!

[2013/02/09 11:34] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): Today I can tell without a shadow of a doubt - I love you, Vamp. I love you the way you are with all your light and not very light sides. I want to learn all the corners of your soul, that I can. I want you to be my wife. I offer myself not as a cage and shackles. I offer myself as a mountain or a wall behind which you can feel safe and be yourself without any fear or shame. I will give you the world and protect the universe within you.

[2013/02/09 11:34] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): I'm not the easiest man with whom a woman can bind her Second Life and it can be really hard sometimes to be with me. I am not asking anything from you, do not put any conditions - you have already given me everything that you have, without asking anything in return.

[2013/02/09 11:34] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): I offer you my hand that you can always rely on and I offer my heart for you to be my only love in it. Refuse, reject - and I will leave this world forever, because my heart already belongs to you alone. Agree to accept to become my soul-mate and make me complete. Admit it - and I will be your soul-mate, and will make you complete. Whatever you choose - I am already yours, my Woman, Mistress and Keeper of my heart.

[2013/02/09 11:35] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): Forever yours, Stalin.

[2013/02/09 11:35] đε (deanna.moonwall): Vamp will you now share your words to Stalin?

[2013/02/09 11:36] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): /me tries to see through her tears

[2013/02/09 11:36] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): Yes, yes I will
[2013/02/09 11:36] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me squeeses her hands

[2013/02/09 11:36] đε (deanna.moonwall): *passes the tissues*

[2013/02/09 11:39] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): Over the years, I have learned many things in my life, the main one being how to appreciate the good things I am blessed with and to take each day one at a time. But during the last 3 years, Stalin, you have opened my eyes to other important things, like opening my heart again to love when I had thought I would never have it again.

[2013/02/09 11:39] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): You have brought sunshine and magic into my life, even when I am at my worst due to health, you make me laugh and always bring a smile to my face. Your love has given me new life and new joy so much that I am overwhelmed by it.

[2013/02/09 11:40] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): As your lifemate, your other half, Keeper of my Heart, I vow to always be there for you, to make you as happy as I possibly can, to honor and respect you, hold and cherish you, and commit myself fully and completely to you without exception. These vows are made not just here, but in our true world for we belong together in all worlds. I swear to you on my honor as an officer and a woman to always remain loving and faithful, for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, from now until the end of time.

[2013/02/09 11:41] đε (deanna.moonwall): *smiles and nods*

[2013/02/09 11:41] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me tryes to not faint on floor, so touched he is.... wispers with lips: "love you so much, my woman"...

[2013/02/09 11:41] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): I will always love you, Man of my Universe

[2013/02/09 11:41] đε (deanna.moonwall): Stalin, do you understand and accept this responsibility, and do you promise to do your very best each day to create a loving, healthy, and happy marriage

[2013/02/09 11:41] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): and I love you, my man

[2013/02/09 11:42] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): Yes , I do

[2013/02/09 11:42] đε (deanna.moonwall): Vamp, do you understand and accept this responsibility, and do you promise to do your very best each day to create a loving, healthy, and happy marriage?

[2013/02/09 11:42] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): Yes, I do.

[2013/02/09 11:43] đε (deanna.moonwall): Let us pray.

[2013/02/09 11:43] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): /me bows her head

[2013/02/09 11:43] đε (deanna.moonwall): Bless, O Lord, the giving and receiving of these rings. Stalin and Vamp abide in Thy peace and grow in their knowledge of Your presence through their loving union. May the seamless circle of these rings become the symbol of their endless love and serve to remind them of the holy covenant they have entered into today to be faithful, loving, and kind to each other. Dear God, may they live in Your grace and be forever true to this union. Amen.

[2013/02/09 11:44] đε (deanna.moonwall): Stalin, please repeat after me:

[2013/02/09 11:44] đε (deanna.moonwall): Vamp, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. With this ring, I thee wed.

[2013/02/09 11:44] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me tells loudly and proud:

[2013/02/09 11:45] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): Vamp, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. With this ring, I thee wed.

[2013/02/09 11:45] đε (deanna.moonwall): Vamp, please repeat after me:

[2013/02/09 11:45] đε (deanna.moonwall): Stalin, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. With this ring, I thee wed.

[2013/02/09 11:46] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): Stalin, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. With this ring, I thee wed.

[2013/02/09 11:46] đε (deanna.moonwall): Join with me as we ask God's blessing on this new couple.

[2013/02/09 11:47] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me looks happily on ring

[2013/02/09 11:47] đε (deanna.moonwall): Eternal Father, redeemer, we now turn to You, and as the first act of this couple in their newly formed union, we ask You to protect their home. May they always turn to You for guidance, for strength, for provision and direction. May they glorify You in the choices they make, in the ministries they involve themselves in, and in all that they do. Use them to draw others to Yourself, and let them stand as a testimony to the world of Your faithfulness. We ask this in Jesus name, Amen.

[2013/02/09 11:48] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me looks in her deep awesome incredible eyes, and prays

[2013/02/09 11:48] đε (deanna.moonwall): Because Stalin and Vamp have desired each other in marriage, and have witnessed this before God and our gathering, affirming their acceptance of the responsibilities of such a union, and have pledged their love and faith to each other, sealing their vows in the giving and receiving of rings, By the power vested in me by Second Life, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

[2013/02/09 11:48] đε (deanna.moonwall): You may now kiss the bride!

[2013/02/09 11:49] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me hugs her tigtly and kisses with all passion, he have

[2013/02/09 11:49] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): /me smiles through her tears as she kisses him, pouring all her love into it

[2013/02/09 11:49] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): i love you so much, MY WOMAN....

[2013/02/09 11:50] Lady Vamp Dragos (vampirella.jewel): And I love you very much, MY MAN <3

[2013/02/09 11:50] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): <3

[2013/02/09 11:50] đε (deanna.moonwall): Ladies and gentlemen it is my privilege to present to you your Bride and Groom, Mr. and Mrs. Dragos!

[2013/02/09 11:50] /me Presenting Iostalin Resident and Vampirella Jewel . May we wish the happy couple a house full of sunshine, hearts full of cheer, and love that grows deeper each day of the year !

[2013/02/09 11:50] kerstin Warden: Congratulations Vampirella and Stalin

[2013/02/09 11:50] Lord Iostalin Dragos (iostalin): /me smiles to people around, with wife and happy smile... Thank you!

Ladies and gents please clear the floor for the bride and groom