August 21, 2016
August 21, 2016
St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
Wedding Ceremony
Wedding Ceremony
Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
Sunday, August 21, 2016
3:30PM
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
956 Forest Street
St. Paul, MN 55106
Celebrants:
Fr. Thaddeus Wojcik (Groom's Father)
Fr. Christopher Wojcik (Groom's Brother)
Fr. Bartholomew Wojcik (Groom's Brother)
Reception Dinner
Reception Dinner
cocktails until 6:30pm
dinner until 9:00PM
View dinner menu
We're sorry that we are unable to accommodate children
at dinner other than for our immediate family members.
Rules of the Road
Rules of the Road
Unplugged Wedding
We are delighted you are attending our unplugged wedding. Please, be nice and turn off your device.
Texting & Social Media
While driving, do not text, email, tweet, or post. During our wedding, please pretend you are driving.
Calls, Alarms & Alerts
On-call surgeons are welcome to keep their devices in whatever state is required during the wedding service. All others, please act as though you are not on-call surgeons.
Photography
We have arranged for photographers to memorialize our wedding service. During the service, please give your own cameras, video & audio recorders, drones, etc. the day off. (But, at the reception, feel free to snap away, and please be ready to email them immediately to the digital frame we will have there for everyone to enjoy!)
Little Ones
Children make PEOPLE happy. quiet children make PEOPLE REALLY HAPPY.
At the Wedding
We don't expect many youngsters at the wedding. But, should you have charge over fidgety, sad, or exuberant little ones, we request they be treated like a good intention and carried them out immediately. Our videographers will be grateful!
At the Reception
With apologies, we are unable to accommodate children at our reception dinner other than for our immediate family members.
Wedding Attire
We invite you to make yourself comfortable in "dressy casual" attire appropriate to both the occasion and the weather. Gentlemen are welcome (but not required) to join the groom in leaving the necktie at home.
Applause?
It is customary in the Orthodox Church to not applaud within the church building; all are invited to express enthusiasm by singing with the choir during the Exit Hymn and/or throwing the rose petals and eucalyptus leaves to be provided. Vigorous applause is welcomed (dare we say anticipated?) as the newlyweds enter the reception venue, however!
If You Have Questions ...
We thank you in advance for asking any questions you may have by private message to Jacqui or Thaddeus, rather than by means of a publicly visible Facebook or other social media post.
Schedule of Events
Schedule of Events
A number of events will occur before and after the wedding. Some are open to all, some to certain participants. If you are not taking advantage of the many sites and activities in the Twin Cities, you are free and very welcome to join us as appropriate.
Friday, August 19
Late morning & early afternoon
Guys' time out
Guys only. There is no bachelor party in the modern sense. However, gentlemen who are in town are welcome to join the groom and his male relatives for brunch, followed by time at a shooting range, capped with cigars and adult beverages. Brekky/brunch will be at 10:15AM at COOK. (See map here.) Venues and times for shooting and cigars to be determined and communicated by email & website update.
Late afternoon & early evening
Wedding rehearsal & rehearsal dinner
For bride and groom, their respective families, clergy and their wives, and the wedding photographers and videographers. Wedding rehearsal will take place at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, beginning late afternoon. Exact time and dinner venue to be determined and communicated by email to the rehearsal participants.
Saturday, August 20
Late afternoon
Vespers
All are welcome, without obligation, to join the warm, welcoming parish of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 5:00PM for their celebration of Vespers, a short evening service and incense offering (cf. Malachi 1:11) sung and chanted each Saturday afternoon/evening in anticipation of the eucharistic Divine Liturgy the following Sunday morning. Quiet and contemplative, Vespers has been served in the Eastern Church from the earliest times.
Early evening
Meet-n-greet: everyone!!
The more the merrier! We want to make ourselves available before the hustle and bustle of Wedding Day to visit with you. We are also excited to have those who don't know one another have the chance to put faces to those names you've heard in our yarns spun over the years before breaking bread together at the wedding reception. WHEN? 6:30PM to 8:00PM. WHERE? Prohibition Bar at W Minneapolis–The Foshay. Bride and groom are hosting the venue's adult-beverage minimum, so show up early and get your drink on while enjoying the amazing views from the 27th floor of Minnesota's first skyscraper. (See map here.) 21 years and older only.
Sunday, August 21
Morning
Divine Liturgy
All are welcome, without obligation, to join Holy Trinity Orthodox Church parish in their eucharistic celebration of the Divine Liturgy at 10:00AM. The Eastern Orthodox Liturgy, sung and chanted every Sunday morning, is an aesthetically rich thanksgiving celebration of the Resurrection of Christ which anticipates eternity here and now. It is joyful, upbeat, and mystical, and has an unmistakeable sense of community.
Afternoon & evening
Wedding & reception! 3:30PM sharp. See you there!
Monday, August 22
EVENING
Play ball!!
All are welcome! The newly wedded Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Wojcik and their families will be ending the first full day of their new life together in grand American style: at a baseball game! Buy tickets while you still can for the minor league St. Paul Saints hosting the Wichita Wingnuts at 7:05PM. Sections 110 and 113 are where a bunch of us will be!