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Ian proposes marriage and Toula accepts. Maria tells Gus that he must accept their marriage, but Gus remains upset because Ian is not a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. To get the family to accept him, Ian agrees to be baptized into the church. The Portokalos family does finally accept him but constantly inserts themselves into the wedding planning, designing ugly bridesmaid's dresses and misspelling Ian's mother's name on their wedding invitations. Ian's quiet, conservative parents meet the entire family during a loud and extravagant Greek family dinner and are overwhelmed by the experience, frustrating Gus. Toula worries about whether her father has accepted Ian.

At the wedding reception, Gus gives a heartfelt speech focusing on how the differences in the newlyweds' backgrounds do not matter. He and Maria then surprise Toula and Ian with a house as a wedding gift. As the two families dance together, Toula narrates that while her family is indeed loud, odd, and somewhat dramatic, she knows they love her and will always be there for her. Six years later, Toula and Ian leave their house to walk their daughter to Greek school. The house is then revealed to be right next door to Gus and Maria's house.

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The film is a joint production of Playtone, Gold Circle Films, HBO Films, and Focus Features[39][42] and is scheduled to be released on September 8, 2023.[2][43][44][45] It will be dedicated to the memory of Michael Constantine, who died on August 31, 2021, at the age of 94.[46] The film's plot follows the Portokalos family on a trip to Greece for a family reunion[47] and will feature another wedding.[41]

Continuing the tradition of three, at the start of the ceremony, the couple places the rings on the tips of their wedding fingers, and the Koumbaro will exchange them three times. The priest will then bless them three times.

There are two traditional readings that feature in Greek Orthodox weddings. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians, which highlights the joining of two people, is the first and the Gospel According to St. John is the second. This is where the miracle of turning water into wine was recounted, and the reading ties in with the couple sipping from the common cup.

One of the most recognizable traditions of a Greek wedding is the marital crowns or Stefana. These are two beautiful pieces made from flowers, foliage, or even precious metals and joined together by a strand of ribbon.

A weekend- when almost no one works the following day- is typically the best time to have a Greek wedding. However, orthodox weddings do not take place during the Lent, on a holy day or during fasting periods. Unlike the modern-day weddings that most of us are accustomed to thanks to the classic movies, vows are not exchanged between the couple, because the ceremony is symbolic of a spiritual union of two people in love, and not a contract.

During the preparation time on the official wedding day, the bride and the groom are getting dressed at different houses, accompanied by their best friends. The bride writes all the names of her best unmarried friends under her wedding shoes. The ones that are eventually erased at the end of the day, are the ones that are about to get married next. On the other hand, the best friends of the groom are shaving him for the last time before the wedding ceremony.

The movie is warm-hearted in the way a movie can be when it knows its people inside out. Watching it, I was reminded of Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding," about an Indian wedding. Both cultures place great emphasis on enormous extended families, enormous extended weddings, and enormous extended wedding feasts. Nia Vardalos, who not only stars but based the screenplay on her own one-woman play, obviously has great affection for her big Greek family, and a little exasperation, too -- and who wouldn't, with a father who walks around with a spray jar of Windex because he is convinced it will cure anything? Or a mother who explains, "When I was your age, we didn't have food." Vardalos was an actress at Chicago's Second City when she wrote the play. The way the story goes, it was seen by Rita Wilson, a Greek-American herself, and she convinced her husband, Tom Hanks, that they had to produce it. So they did, making a small treasure of human comedy. The movie is set in Chicago but was filmed in Toronto -- too bad, because the dating couple therefore doesn't have a cheezeborger at the Billy Goat.

The movie is pretty straightforward: Ian and Toula meet, they date, they bashfully discover they like one another, the families uneasily coexist, the wedding becomes inevitable, and it takes place (when Ian's mother brings a Bundt cake to the pre-nuptial dinner, no one has the slightest idea what it is). One key shot shows the church, with the bride's side jammed, and the groom's handful of WASP relatives making a pathetic show in their first four rows. Toula explains to Ian that she has 27 first cousins, and at a pre-nuptial party, she even introduces some of them: "Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nicky--and Gus." The underlying story of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" has been played out countless times as America's immigrants have intermarried. If the lovers have understanding (or at least reluctantly flexible) parents, love wins the day and the melting pot bubbles. This is nicely illustrated by Toula's father, Gus. He specializes in finding the Greek root for any word (even "kimono"), and delivers a toast in which he explains that "Miller" goes back to the Greek word for apple, and "Portokalos" is based on the Greek word for oranges, and so, he concludes triumphantly, "in the end, we're all fruits."

Scenes of delicious food and the Greek countryside, dotted with humorous performances are not enough to save Greek 3. Neither is the way too dreamy, Instagram-perfect village wedding scene. And it is a shame. I had looked forward to reuniting with the Portokalos family, catching up over a table set with a Greek feast. Instead, this movie serves up bland, corporate fare.

I met Eleni when I moved to Santorini thanks to Instagram and we became friends. She is a beautiful soul and young woman, very sweet and bright. She is a sommelier which makes her your best friend when you live in Santorini where wine is more natural than water.

The first time we met for coffee on the caldera and she was with her two big loves, Thomas and Frankie.

Thomas is such a fun guy and I always look forward to our meetings because I know that we will laugh a lot. He is the kind of man every mum would love to see beside their daughters: handsome, brilliant and dedicated.

To me, they look like the perfect couple (ftou ftou) and they even get my Italian sense of humour which brings them on top of my favourite people list: with them no awkward moments when people look at you as if you just said something weird!

And Frankie? Frankie is the cutest dog and always around Eleni and Thomas, even at the wedding.

One year ago Eleni told me about their future wedding and I got immediately very excited: that was going to be my first Greek wedding! Till then I had only seen weddings on TV.

Months after I discovered that my first Greek wedding was going to be Big and Fat because Eleni was expecting twins!

Anyway, at some point, other people arrived and the couple too.

I got the unique opportunity to see the groom getting ready under a bright sun and in a beautiful setting.

I was very moved when I got to assist Eleni with her preparation.

And of course, I could not resist and took some pictures, becoming one of those guests that all the wedding photographers hate (including myself).

I have been to quite a lot of weddings both as a guest and as a photographer and planner, but I had never experienced a Greek one.

It is a lot about music, drinking, food, dancing and loving each other. I strongly believe that Greeks make it better when it comes to celebrating something.

I was so excited to shoot this beautiful Greek wedding at Concorde Banquets for Angelika and Rob. This incredible couple got married this past Saturday at the idyllic Concord Banquets in Kildeer, IL. Walking into this venue was like walking into a fairytale garden. The small lake, full of swans in the middle of the garden, paired with a beautiful white gazebo and the most gorgeous trees and flowers made me feel that I was stepping into a dream.

Then again, even thrice-warmed baklava can be worth the calories. So too this sequel will prove worthwhile for those most eager to reconnect with characters they loved, and willing to overlook clunky pacing and dialogue and sometimes absurd plot machinations. On the plus side: Vardalos and crew are really, really good at staging weddings.

I remember talking with Eleni and her mom before they booked and they asked if I had ever photographed a Greek wedding before. I told them that I had photographed almost 200 weddings at the time but I had never worked with a Greek couple before. They proceeded to tell me everything that I should expect and after experiencing it for myself, they were spot on! Michael and I loved experiencing so many new things. From the traditional rituals at the ceremony to the dances at the Reception, we were entertained all day!!

The actual wedding ceremony lasted for over one hour in length which is normal for a Greek wedding. It is unbelievable but the wedding party consisted of 17 bridesmaids and 17 groomsmen which was the largest wedding party I have ever heard of.

The desserts were unbelievable and because I grew up in Greece with my cousin I had made two large pans of Baklava for the wedding and I got my biggest compliment when a lady that flew in for the wedding from Athens, Greece, who is an international dessert specialist and judge that told me that she has tasted baklava all over the world and that mine was the tops. It really thrilled me to hear this and it really was good for my ego. LOL.

I don't know why I do these things sometimes, but I wrote a night wedding. I wanted to show something different. We've seen island weddings with the bride and groom walking through the sun, and I wanted to show what happens if we go at night. That's hard, because now you're starting at 9 p.m. and filming until 6 a.m., and with a lot of loud musical instruments. The other thing is that the island town is based on the side of a mountain, so everything is on a slope. Everyone had incredible calf muscles by the end of the shoot. 2351a5e196