A Pomegranate Wedding

The pomegranate is the national fruit of November.  The luscious color of the flesh is a gorgeous choice for an Autumn Wedding but especially for a November Bride.  The theme of the pomegranate along with ancient traditions is always a nice touch to the Fall Wedding as well.

Photo: Linda R. Herzog

In Greek myth of Persephone's abduction by Hades, lord of the underworld, the pomegranate represents life, regeneration, and marriage.  One day while out gathering flowers, Persephone noticed a narcissus of exquisite beauty.  As she bent down to pick it, the earth opened and Hades dragged her down to his kingdom.  By eating a few pomegranate seeds, Persephone was married to Hades with the Pomegranate being a symbol of the indissolubility of marriage.

In Judaism, Pomegranate seeds are said to number 613-one for each of the Bible's 613 Commandments according to Nurock and Good in The Fruits of the Land, 1968.  The pomegranate was revered for the beauty of its shrub, flowers, and fruit symbolizing sanctity, fertility, and abundance.  The Song of Solomon compares the cheeks of a bride to the halves of a pomegranate.

An Islamic legend holds that the pomegranate  contains one seed that comes down from paradise.  Pomegranates have had a special role as a fertility symbol among the Bedouins of the Middle East.  A pomegranate is split open by the groom as he and his bride enter the door of their house.  Abundant seeds ensure that the couple who eat it will have many children.

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"A Marriage Made in Heaven Dumped Right Down in the Middle of New York"

Chad and Rebecca were married on September 20, 2008 at The Church of the Transfiguration, a.k.a "The Little Church Around the Corner."  P.G. Wodehouse, British novelist and playwright refered to the this "Little Church Around the Corner" as "a little bit of heaven dumped right down in the middle of New York."   It has been known that when living in Greenwich Village as a young writer, Wodehouse married his wife Ethel at the Little Church in 1914.  Later in his career, he would set most of his fictional weddings at The Little Church 'Round the Corner.                            Photo by Matt Schwartz

Even more sentimental to Chad and Rebecca  is the fact that on August 8, 1931 her grandparents, Harold and Vivian Moeller were married at the same church that P.G. and Ethel Wodehouse invited their closest friends and family to, "we shall go to the only Church that anybody could possibly be married in."  

"And They Lived Happily Ever After"

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