wedding rings

[Irina Ustinova]

I asked our local Orthodox priest yesterday, he could not explain why, but
said that "it's a tradition in Russain church". I also think that  the word
"Pravoslavny" is of the same origin as "pravy", so it could be logical to
wear the wedding ring on the "pravy" hand.

irena ustinova


At 08:09 AM 10/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>Yes, if I am not mistaken the Greek Orthodox also wear their wedding rings on
> their right hands.
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>On Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:43:35   Irina Ustinova wrote:
>>I am not sure that it has any connection with the Dutch. What I know that it
>>is connected with Russian Orthodox belief ( in opposition to Protestants and
>>Catholics). And fiancees usually  wear the special ( not weddding) ring with
>>a diamond while widows wear the ring on the left hand.
>>
>>Irena Ustinova
>>
>>
>>At 10:11 PM 10/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>>Does anyone know why Russians wear their wedding ring on the right hand
>>>>>rather than on the left hand?
>>>>
>>>>Because so do the Dutch. And we all remember Peter the Great's affinity for
>>>>the Dutch. The question is why do Dutch wear on the right hand rather than
>>>>the left. And why is there a choice of a hand or a finger anyway? Why not
>>>>do it arbitrarily?
>>>I remember hearing something about the custom of wearing the wedding ring
>>>on the third finger of the left hand because of the belief that that finger
>>>was the closest to the heart.  As has been stated previously, the Dutch may
>>>have switched it to the right hand to differentiate themselves.
>>>Donnie Sendelbach
>>>
>>>
>>
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