Easter sunday wedding - controversion?

[Yamsin]

Hi all, what do people think of an easter sunday wedding? Easter is already tough it seems, only a few friends are v Anglican Christian, and half of guests would have to drive from elsewhere in England. But fri and sat seem worse...

Do you mean in regards traffic?

Would it be a Church wedding? There's no way mine would do it on the most important day of the whole year.

Easter Saturday would be fine.

I got Married on a Good friday people came no problem Why do you think the fri/sat is worse

Would a vicar agree to an Easter Sunday wedding? It's usually the busiest time of year for them with lots of services through holy week and quite often a dawn service and one or two other morning services. The vicars I know are ready to flop on the sofa with a roast dinner by lunchtime.

Technically you're not meant to get married during lent, as it's a time for thought and reflection - though if you don't go in for that and you're marrying somewhere that isn't a church then obviously it doesn't matter (regarding the good Friday/Easter Saturday point). I'm guessing this is a civil service though as my church also wouldn't allow a wedding that day.

I would probably need to find an Easter Day service to get to but would be delighted to attend a friend's wedding once I'd gone to church. Frankly it's the only Sunday of the year I'd like to go to a wedding on, there's a day off afterwards for the hangover travel home

You really cannot marry on Good Friday (neither churches nor registry offices) and many people would find it in bad taste (acknowledging the cultural legacy, even if not religious)

Easter Sunday is a nice triumphant day, so I don't see why not.

If you are inviting churchgoers, where would they go to church that day? It's a day which believers really won't want to miss. So if you're not getting married with Eucharist, having info on local churches and service times would be a kindness.

Other than that it's much the same as a Bank Hol wedding during the school hols.

A colleague tried to do this but three local churches said tgey won't do weddings at all between good Friday and the Monday do you may struggle.

I got married in a civil ceremony so maybe churches will be different.

I'll be honest - I'd be quite grumpy at being asked to travel any distance to a wedding on Easter Sunday. We do celebrate Easter as a family - both in church and with our own traditions at home. I would still come if you were a very close friend/family but I'd feel quite put out.

Also I don't think there's a cat's chance in hell that any clergy I know would be happy about having a wedding that Sunday afternoon. Lent/Easter is exhausting and they are ready to drop. (Obviously this is only a consideration if you are having a Christian wedding.)

Surely Friday/Saturday is better so they can either stay locally or just recover from a long drive on the Sunday...

Churches will have their own restrictions on availability during Holy Week, and registry offices may be closed on some Bank Hols.

Other venues are probably fine with any day.

But I wouldn't go for Good Friday if you know you have observant Christians amongst your nearest and dearest.

Thanks everyone! It's a civil ceremony and I still need to check about a registrar being available. Sunday does seem more considerate than a Saturday. We were thinking if 3pm onwards so people can go to a church nearby (venue is central London so can't imagine that would be tough) yh I'm a bit worried people will be annoyed at having to travel at all over easter weekend, but we have a lot of time restrictions from my part time studies, my asian muslim family who wouldn't come on fri and sat, both our families living all over England ... I'm going quite loopy trying to take all this into consideration!

Oh your head must be spinning tbh if it is going to be a hassle does it have to be Easter do it another Sunday

Being ignorant why can't your Muslim family come on a Saturday I thought their religious day was just a friday?

At least Easter Sunday many will still have the Monday off I guess.

It's just hard for us to say as we don't know your family, you or where they have to travel, how many people etc. I think unfortunately only you can call this one.

The only remaining snag is engineering works knocking out train services. It's not uncommon for the major closures to be over the long weekends. And driving into central London is a bit of a PITA (and baffling if you're not used to it).

But I've no idea how you'd be able to find out what might be in the pipeline ahead of time.

Thanks for raising all these considerations! I hadn't thought about traffic and tube works but this is an issue much of the year i think in london. We figured over a longer weekend people can take their time a bit more with transport. I just have to stick to easter due to my study schedule or wait until September which I'm not keen on as it's so far away! I should have said my asian extended family tend to work in the restaurant trade so fri and sat are always very busy days for them so days off are v rare then. And having a day off for hangovers on mon seems like a smashing idea so after all that Sunday seems best. Thanks again and fingers x!!!