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| The Pagan Clergy Network provides information & referrals to those needing a Wedding Minister, Non-Denominational Clergy, Pagan Priest/Priestess or other type of Officiant for their ceremonial officiation! Need A Handfasting Officiant for your Handfasting Ceremony?
Handfasting Officiant Referral Service
For the handfasting ceremony planning bride & groom needing reliable information & referrals to Handfasing Officiants, Pagan Clergy, Pagan Priests or Priestesses, or even Non-denominational Officiants & other Wedding Officiators/Clergy/Ministers for wedding ceremony presiding. Featuring Civil, Non-religious, Interdenominational or Religious Marriage ceremonies.
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Handfasting
Handfasting is an ancient Celtic wedding ritual (almost always Pagan or Wiccan) in which the bride's and groom's hands are tied together hence the phrase "tying the knot". It was a part of the normal marriage ceremony in the time of the Roman Empire. In the 16th century, the English cleric Myles Coverdale wrote in The Christen State of Matrymonye, that in that day, handfasting was still in use in some places, but was then separate from the Christian wedding rite performed in a church several weeks after the consumation of the marriage, which had already begun with the handfasting ritual. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, handfasting was then sometimes treated as a probationary form of marriage. See Historical Handfasting for an introduction to the historical roots of handfasting.
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