Hungarian wedding traditions - the ceremony and the dinner

Hungarian weddings are different in many ways from American weddings. Generally, a Hungarian wedding will include the wedding ceremony and a dinner event followed by it. In our case the religious ceremony will be at a catholic church, which will probably last about half an hour - an hour.

The church ceremony will start at 3.30 pm, so guests are kindly asked to arrive by around 3.15 pm, as the ceremony will start when guests are already seated by 3.30 pm.

After the ceremony, we will welcome your congratulations right in front of the church, which will be followed by the “throwing of the bouquet” and a group picture - so please stay for that.

The evening event will start at 5.45 pm and will last well into the night. Hungarian weddings tend to last much longer than American weddings, as after the church ceremony, they include dinner, dancing, midnight meal and then again dancing...

A major difference between Hungarian and American weddings is that the married couple does not depart from the event, but they will stay on and celebrate together with the guests well into the night. ...well as long as our feet can hold. :-)