santorini weddings

A civil registrar Wedding ceremony is a non-religious legal marriage ceremony performed by a government official or functionary. In Santorini, this person is normally called a Celebrant.

  • The cost to organized and do all the legal paper work here in Santorini is 600 euros
  • The final cost for Wedding ceremony ( which is 300 euros )  and legal paper work, including Santorini Town hall fees, local Santorini taxes and Greece Taxes is 900 euros.

Who can legally marry a couple?

Santorini Law Officiants Requirements. Usually the state laws licensing provide any recognized member of the clergy (such as a Town hall Celebrant, Priest, Minister.), or a judge, a court clerk, and justices of the peace have authority to perform a marriage.

What is a legal wedding?

Civil unions, which are non-religious, are performed by a Town Hall Celebrant, judge, justice of the peace, or, in some states, a court clerk. Sometimes, people will be given temporary legal authority to perform marriages by a judge or a court clerk. Weddings that are religious ceremonies are conducted by a member of the clergy.
 

What do you have to do to get legally married in Santorini?

  •  You need to have all the below documents.
*BRIDE’S AND GROOM’S COPY OF PASSPORTS

*BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR BOTH

*MARRIAGE LICENSES

All the documents above ( accept the passports )   need to be With APOSTILLE stamp and Translated in Greek  from the Greek Embassy in your country.

*We also need an extra document from your country’s embassy in Athens, to certify that you are free to marry and this document should be certified (and translated if it is issued in Greek) by the Greek Ministry Foreign Affairs in Athens.

*If you have married before we need a copy of the divorce papers from the court, translated in Greek as well.

We need the copies of the documents by FAX OR E MAIL at least 20-30 days before the wedding day, to print the Licenses of Marriage.

We remind you that as soon as you arrive in Santorini we have to visit the Town hall with the original certificates (in Greek and in English) and the passports as well.

THE WEDDING DOCUMENTS CAN NOT BE OLDER THAN 3 MONTHS
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After the wedding:
After the ceremony has be performed the couple have a legal obligation to register the wedding at the local council within 4 days, failure to do so will result in the marriage having no validity.

Important
Please note that the paperwork that you provide to the Greek authorities is NOT returned to you after the wedding, they are kept on record.
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