Relationship between two people of different religions .
How many times have we had quarrels that started with absolutely mundane things, like "sometimes I can't communicate with you, you never understand what I'm telling you." But when the differences are much more pronounced, involving culture, religion, country of origin? What are the chances of such a relationship, between partners of different religions, from different countries, with totally different habits?
Against the background of today's globalized societies, couples of different nationalities are an increasingly common aspect of reality. Travel, service or study lead to new relationships in which communication and mutual respect for the traditions of each partner in a couple are the key element in a lasting relationship. These people are also the victims of countless problems, including endless bureaucratic procedures and discrimination.
In general, religion is an important part of every individual's life. Every religion comes with certain rules, just as strict if we follow them exactly. When it comes to marriage, if the two partners want to get married in church, they have to make a series of difficult decisions in most cases: what religion to adopt, what traditions to respect at the wedding, and how to raise children.
The religious wedding is a spiritual ceremony, above all. It involves a lot of aspects and traditions that are part of the groom's culture. It can also be done before or after the civil one.
Do you change religion for marriage?
If for some it is not important, for others religion can be an insurmountable barrier when they fall in love with a person of a different faith.
I know a family in my village that is made up of two different religions. He is an Orthodox Christian and was one of the Pentecostals. They were friends before marriage for many years and tried every possible way to get married in the church. They had no chance until the girl gave up her religion and was baptized into Christianity.
There are also cases in some parts of the world where two people of different faiths live together, married to the Orthodox Church, provided that they respect each other's faith. This way of living depends on their education and upbringing, on common sense. It is based on common sense and mutual respect.
The wife respects the husband's faith and vice versa. This is not a union based on the union of faith, but on tolerance. The children resulting from this union will not be faithful to the faith of either the mother or the father. Their religious education will be indefinite and they will not know where the truth of the faith is and how they will be saved.
They will be uprooted in their religious beliefs. If that sectarian, Protestant, Muslim, pagan, becomes a convinced and good Orthodox, rare cases, it is a gain for both the Church and that family, that a soul has been won, and the marriage remains valid.
Is it a shame to change your religion?
The issue of changing religion is indeed a rather controversial one.
It is not written in the Scriptures anywhere that it is a sin to change one's religion.
You must change your religion only when it does not help you in any way to gain forgiveness of sins and the inheritance of eternal life, and this can only be done through the Lord Jesus Christ who said it is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one can come to the Father except through Him.
