Wedding in Poland by Dorota Nowakowska Wedding Planner: Church wedding in Poland

2/19/2021 No komentarze

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

1/28/2021 No komentarze

Planning a church wedding in Poland? I have decorations advice for you today. I hope it will be helpful. The church is undoubtedly the most traditional wedding venue in Poland and a wonderful sanctuary of love. There are very different from each other, and are literally hundreds of years apart. For this reason, the decor of the church for the wedding must be properly tailored to the church of your choice.

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Sometimes it is enough to ensure the right floristic setting. It also happens that there is a possibility of using much more elegant wedding decorations that will add splendor to your special day.

The very first step to be done before even thinking about decorating the church is the a discussion with the responsible priest. Based on the results of such conversation you will know at the outset what is allowed in the matter of decorating the church for the wedding, what elements of the church equipment can be changed or relocated, whether the arrangement of the benches can be changed and so on. If your wedding budget is modest, it is worth asking about other couples getting married on the same day and decide to decorate the church together, which will certainly reduce wedding expenses related to decorating the church.

For beautiful wedding decoration of the church use elements such as candles, flowers, lanterns, beautiful rugs, petals of fresh flowers or ribbons. Below there are some examples of beautiful church wedding decorations:

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When you are planning church wedding in Poland and deciding on church decorations for your wedding, don't forget that it's just a decor. The most important thing of the day is you and your feeling! If you want to consult or confront your ideas with reality, we'll be happy to help. WINSA Wedding Planners are here to help you fulfill all your wedding dreams.

I recommend reading my articles also: Who gets married within the Catholic Church in Poland? & Money well spent - how much does the church, civil and symbolic wedding cost?

Be Inspired by Winsa,
Dorota Nowakowska
Polish Wedding Planner
www.winsa.pl
www.dorotanowakowska.pl

12/29/2019 No komentarze

When the day comes to organizing the wedding in Poland, the future bride and groom must create an accurate and detailed cost estimate for the ceremony. Therefore, if you are wondering how much the church wedding, civil wedding or symbolic wedding in Poland costs, I’m here to help you. I’ll write everything down in black and white, how much and to whom you have to pay, and what exactly should be taken into account to calculate the total cost of the wedding.

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Wedding and reception: How much does the church wedding in Poland cost?

As a Wedding Planner in Poland I’m organizing weddings ceremonies and weddings receptions for many years, therefore I am not surprised that priests charge for the sacraments. It is often a problem for a future bride and groom that the so-called "Pay what you will" does not work in many parishes and priests present a definite price list to fiancés. Unfortunately, "wedding-related services" often have fixed prices which are often exorbitant. It is also true that in some parishes, priests do not actually require payment, and the offering is absolutely voluntary. Therefore, it is difficult to determine what is the cost of church wedding in Poland.

In the situation that prices are available, they range from 800 zloty to even 3000 zloty. It all depends on the parish and, in most of the cases, whether the parish is in a small or a big city. The average amounts I usually came across are:

800 zloty for mass (in historic churches in bigger cities 1000 - 2000 zloty for example as the church wedding in Krakow)
200 - 350 zloty for an organist and another 150 zloty for a ecclesial.

It happens very often that additional costs are also added on top of the above mentioned expenses, including flowers and wedding decorations. In some parishes you can pay from 300 to 600 zloty and if you decide to hire your own florist, you have to reckon with further spendings.

Furthermore, it happens on many occasions, that you must pay for banns of marriage which are valid only for 6 months. Price range from 50 to 200 złoty. It is worth emphasizing that prior to the conclusion church wedding, you should also take a premarital course. And although the fees are individual and dependent on the parish, when organizing a wedding ceremony and a wedding reception, one should expect that, for example, for a wedding in the Warsaw Old Town, you can pay about 3000 zloty, for a wedding in Krakow, approx. 2000 zloty, and for wedding in Gdansk and wedding in Wroclaw - 1500 złoty. Sometimes, however differently, and even in those cities you can meet up with lower pricing proposals.

And how much does a civil marriage in Poland cost?

By opting for a civil wedding in Poland, a great advantage is the unification of costs, which in practice means that they are the same amounts, regardless of the Civil Registry Office. A fixed stamp duty is charged for drawing up a marriage certificate - its cost is 84 złoty.

In some cases (eg after a divorce), abridged copy of certificates or documents will be needed - their cost is 22 złoty. If the fiancés are not keen on waiting for the civil marriage, which usually takes a month since documents are completed, they can pay the accelerating ceremony a fee of 39 PLN. Polish citizens, who plan to get married outside of Poland are obliged do settle Special fees in amount of 38 złoty.

The additional fee is also associated with a civil wedding outdoors - 1000 złoty. If during the wedding the wedding couple wishes that the ceremony should be accompanied by music, an additional cost of about 300 - 2000 złoty should be borne.

At international marriages, there are also costs associated with the translation of documents and the engagement of a sworn translator during the wedding ceremony.

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Or maybe you're planning a symbolic wedding and wondering how much it costs?

The cheapest wedding turns out to be a symbolic wedding in Poland. In this case, you do not have to pay any mandatory or official fees. The only real cost is to pay for the celebrant, the master of the ceremony, who will preside over a wedding. However, in case of such events, it can be eg. a family member or a friend, and therefore, the costs associated with the organization of the symbolic wedding in Poland can be reduced to a minimum.

Be Inspired,
Dorota Nowakowska
Wedding Planner in Krakow
www.winsa.pl

www.dorotanowakowska.pl

3/21/2019 No komentarze

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