Can you get married in a cathedral without being of the Christian religion?
Adam Keehl asked:
My future wife wants to get married in a cathedral, but both of us are not part of the Christian religion. Is it still possible to do this, or will we not be able to since we are not Christian?
Grace
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My future wife wants to get married in a cathedral, but both of us are not part of the Christian religion. Is it still possible to do this, or will we not be able to since we are not Christian?
Grace
January 7th, 2012 at 7:09 am
Gavin
you’ll have to talk to the priest/ pastor of the church you want to have your ceremony at.
January 10th, 2012 at 11:56 am
Julia
Some churches will let you. But why get married in a church if you don’t embrace their beliefs? Seems very disrespectful. Churches aren’t there to provide a pretty place for a wedding. They are there to serve the needs of their members.
January 10th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Alexander
you can become chatholic. you just need to get baptized, give a confession and drink some wine. i think
January 12th, 2012 at 8:39 am
Brian
there are many cathedrals which allow weddings and do not question the couple about their religious beliefs or affiliations. they normally expect you to use their minister to conduct the wedding though, although some will allow you to get an outside wedding officiant. many cathedrals realize that people just want to use their buildings for a wedding because they are beautiful. you will need to google for cathedrals in your area and check their wedding policies. they all charge a fee for weddings of course.
January 15th, 2012 at 8:13 am
Audrey
Generally, no. However, I’m sure there are some that do allow this. It doesn’t hurt to ask.
January 17th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Lillian
A cathedral is another name for church. A cathedral is a big church.
If you are not christian, why would you want to get married in a christian church? Its considered to be quite disrespectful of the religion of that particular church. It would be like my deciding I wanted to get married in a Mosque or Synagogue when I don’t practice the Muslim or Jewish faiths, its disrespectful to those who do. (slap in the face type thing is how it can be viewed by those who do practice it)
In any event, most churches require you to be a member of the church in order to marry in their church. For denominations such as Catholic or Lutheran, at least one of you must be confirmed in the religion to marry in their church. The other who is not is required to take some classes.
I got married in a Methodist church and I have attended 2 methodist churches for 10+ years on a regular basis. I was not baptized Methodist, but my husband was and he was also raised in a Methodist church. With that even while I have attended Methodist churches for over 10 years as an active member, since I was not baptized even I was required to take some classes to marry in a Methodist church.
Some churches will allow you, but very few of them. You will just have to call around to see. The ones who are most flexible are non-denomination, inter-denominational and assebly of god churches. However, even some of those require you to be a member of the congregation.
If you are near any universities, most of them have chapels that are available to the public to use at a fee.
January 19th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Layla
I’m sure you can get married in a cathedral or church without being a christian. Ive known people who were not christians and had church weddings. Do you have a wedding planner? If you do, talk to him/her about it and they should be able to fix that up for you, but if not, just go the church you are interested in and ask the head pastor/priest! Good luck and CONGRATS!
January 22nd, 2012 at 3:04 am
Kayla
Churches are not just pretty backdrops, they symbolise people’s faith. If you do not share that faith, you have no business using a church for purely ornamental reasons.