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Summary
- Prayers for husband and wife cover thanks for the years, the years ahead, forgiveness and an anniversary after a hard year.
- Short prayers mark the first, 25th, 40th, 50th and 60th anniversaries, with prayers for parents’ and friends’ anniversaries, lines for a card and an opening prayer for a celebration.
- Sample prayers of the faithful for an anniversary Mass follow the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, which lets intentions at a marriage “reflect more closely the particular occasion.”
- Traditional texts include the 1928 Book of Common Prayer’s marriage prayer, blessing and vows, and the wedding-night prayer of Tobias and Sara (Tobias 8:7–10), in which Sara asks, “let us grow old both together in health.”
- Russian Orthodox Christians honor Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom, canonized in 1547, as patrons of marriage; since 2008 Russia has kept their feast, July 8, as the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (1 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 103:2; 118:24; Proverbs 5:18; Song of Solomon 8:7; Isaiah 46:4; Lamentations 3:22–23; Philippians 1:3). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- Tobias 8:7–8, 10, from The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 1581. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1581
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Solemnization of Matrimony, pp. 301, 303–304. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Congregation for Divine Worship. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, paragraphs 69–71. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_en.html
- “Петр и Феврония.” Православная энциклопедия (Orthodox Encyclopedia). Moscow: Church Research Center “Orthodox Encyclopedia.” https://www.pravenc.ru/text/2580394.html
- Rossiyskaya Gazeta. “Почему день памяти святых Петра и Февронии стал Днем семьи, любви и верности” (Why the feast of Saints Peter and Fevronia became the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity), 7 July 2022. https://rg.ru/2022/07/07/pochemu-den-pamiati-sviatyh-petra-i-fevronii-stal-dnem-semi-liubvi-i-vernosti.html
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