Outdoor weddings in Poland are becoming more and more popular every year. Of course, your dreams of an outdoor wedding may come true if you decide to take a civil wedding or symbolic wedding. However, the situation is completely different with a religious wedding outside a church in Poland. The Polish Episcopate issued a special position regarding weddings outside the church. This type of wedding is possible only in exceptional cases, but in practice such a permit is issued very rarely.

Can a priest marry you outside of a church in Poland?

Under the Catholic Church's cannon law, marriages are meant to be performed by a Catholic priest inside either the bride or groom's parish church. If you would like to marry in another parish, you must have a license to marry outside the parish.

Religious weddings take place in a church, chapel or any other religious venue, presided over by a priest. Bishops are very reluctant to grant authorization for outdoor weddings by a Catholic parish, because they are concerned with maintaining a sense of the sacred and holiness.

 

A religious wedding outside a church - Dominika and Marcin are married

An outdoor church wedding is possible only in exceptional cases. A beautiful example of the realization of dreams about a church outdoors  wedding is my wedding couple - Dominika and Marcin. I helped them go through all the wedding formalities and collect the appropriate permits for  a religious wedding outside a church, from the priest and the bishop. It was necessary to write a very good application with a strong argument of why the wedding couple asks to get married outside the church. I am very glad that I helped my wedding couple fulfill their dreams of getting married outside the church. See how special it was at the wedding of Dominika and Marcin.


Wedding Planner & Coordinator - Dorota Nowakowska -  Winsa Wedding Planners

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Outdoor church wedding - what costs should be considered

The fee for an outdoor church wedding is exactly the same as the fee for a wedding mass inside the church. In addition, it will be necessary to remember about such additional costs as: 

*   Fee for renting a place for the ceremony    

*   Creating a field altar.Hiring chairs for the ceremony.   

*   Arranging decorations for an outdoor wedding. 

*   Providing good sound and music.  

*   Roofing of the wedding ceremony against weather changes.

Outdoor church weddings in Poland are still very rare. It is worth considering whether you are closer to the sacrament of marriage and spiritual connection during a church wedding or whether you are closer to the nature and aesthetics of an outdoor wedding.
 

If you are a couple who needs advice and support related to organizing a wedding in Poland, write to me. I will be happy to help you make your most beautiful dreams of wedding in Poland. I am a certified wedding planner who has been helping wedding couples in creating weddings inspired by the senses for 10 years.

With Love,
Dorota Nowakowska
Wedding Planner in Poland
www.winsa.pl
www.dorotanowakowska.pl