Orthodox marriage

[Cooke, Brett]

Trying to establish the practical reality of this rule in the 19th century is problematic. Both of Tolstoy's (Behrs) sisters-in-law married first cousins. I'd be grateful for some clarification as to how this is possible. In War and Peace Sonya thinks of how second-marriage required some sort of church sanction.



In a related issue highly relevant to War and Peace, the ban also included in-laws. Late in the novel Nicholas Rostov feels constrained regarding Mary as long as there is the prospect that Natasha and Andrei might restore their engagement. I heard somewhere that one solution was to counduct a simulatenous wedding.  Meanwhile, as Tolstoy worked on his novel, he was trying to find a pliable priest who would wed his brother Sergei to his sister-in-law Tanya.



Brett Cooke

Texas A&M

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better to say - didnt allow, and still doesnt allow.
and in many other cases too, including marriage
between Godparents, even if they are not blood related.

2012/12/19 Anthony Anemone <AnemoneA at newschool.edu<mailto:AnemoneA at newschool.edu>>
Is it true that the Orthodox Church did not recognize marriage between cousins?

Thanks.

Tony

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