{"id":95520,"date":"2019-04-04T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T06:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/?page_id=95520"},"modified":"2020-07-01T09:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T06:07:24","slug":"solemnization-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/solemnization-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. If the solemnization took place in Greece: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Required documents:<\/u>
\n– A Religious marriage certificate issued by the officiating priest.
\n– A valid identification document or passport is necessary.<\/p>\n

It is registered by a) one of the spouses b) by a duly authorized third party; by means of notarized Special Power of Attorney c) by a lawyer duly authorized; by means of notarized Special Power of Attorney.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. If the solemnization took place abroad: <\/strong><\/p>\n

2.1. <\/strong>If you have a marriage registration document issued by the Greek Consulate:<\/p>\n

Required documents:<\/u>
\n– The document by the Greek Consulate
\n– A valid identification document or passport is necessary.<\/p>\n

The marriage is registered at the Special Civil Registry Section:\u00a0 a) by either of the spouses or b) by a duly authorized third party; such authorization must be certified by <\/strong>\u039a\u0395\u03a01<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0or the Greek Consulate c) by a qualified lawyer duly authorized; such authorization must be certified by <\/strong>\u039a\u0395\u03a0<\/strong> or the Greek Consulate d) <\/strong>by any person who has a legitimate interest. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.2.<\/strong>\u00a0If you have a marriage certificate issued by the Church:
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

Required documents:<\/u>
\n– Original marriage certificate issued by the Church, officially translated in Greek2<\/sup>, and certified by the respective Church authority in Athens3<\/sup>.
\n– If the registration takes place between the 90th<\/sup> and 180th<\/sup> day a fee of 5.40 euro is required to be paid at the Public Financial Service (\u0394.\u039f.\u03a5) or the fee can be paid through eparavolo<\/strong> code number 3826 for 5.40 Euros.<\/strong>
\nIf the registration takes place after 180 days from the birth, a fee 15.60 euro is required to be paid at the local Public Financial Service (\u0394.\u039f.\u03a5) or the fee can be paid through eparavolo<\/strong> code number 3827 for 15.60 Euro<\/strong>s<\/strong>.<\/strong>
\n– A valid identification card or passport is necessary.<\/p>\n

It is registered a) by one of the spouses b) by a duly authorized third party; by means of notarized Special Power of Attorney c) by a lawyer duly authorized; by means of notarized Special Power of Attorney.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In case of a registered religious marriage which is followed by a civil union, the last one is registered on the religious marriage document. For civil marriages conducted in Greece, a report on civil marriage may also be prepared by the Registrar which will be mailed to the Special Civil Registry Section.<\/p>\n

\n[1] \u039a\u0395\u03a0:\u00a0 local Citizens Service Centers (http:\/\/www.ermis.gov.gr\/portal\/page\/portal\/ermis\/KepIndex<\/a>)<\/p>\n[2] Official translation: a)<\/strong> the document can be translated and certified by the Consulate or<\/strong> b) by the Section of Translations\u00a0(Arionos 10 and Ermou- Monastiraki) or <\/strong>c) by a qualified Greek lawyer.<\/p>\n[3] The certificate by the church must be certified by the respective Church Authorities in Greece (eg. for a Christian orthodox marriage the signature is certified by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece (\u0399asiou 1, \u039coni Petraki tel:\u00a0 210 7272213)).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. If the solemnization took place in Greece: Required documents: – A Religious marriage certificate issued by the officiating priest. – A valid identification document or passport is necessary. It is registered by a) one of the spouses b) by a duly authorized third party; by means of notarized Special Power of Attorney c) by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95520"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97440,"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95520\/revisions\/97440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ypes.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}