When a young man or woman reached the age of mariage, they couldn’t see each other or communicate in any way. The choice of a girl’s husband was made by the master of the house and the mother. When a young man flirted with a girl, he would either himself or his parents ask her from her parents.

When the parents agreed to it, they discussed the dower. In those years given that they had a fortune, they would give the boy or the girl their share. When the discussions were over they would begin to prepare the wedding.

The weddings in Santorini take place usually on Sundays. On the Thursday before, all the girls of the village would gather to the bride’s house to break the almonds and make the sugar-plums. On Fridays they would make the bride’s bed and they would throw rice on it so that the wedding is solid like rice and sugar-plums to make it sweet.

On the wedding day early at noon, the father of the groom would climb on the roof to signal the beginning of the wedding shooting once. The violists were getting ready to accompany the bride while a woman was going from door to door inviting the people to the wedding saying the same phrase: ``come to the wedding``. It was always the same woman and when she couldn’t do it any more she was succeeded by another.

The violists were notified and by playing they stopped outside the best man’s house. The guests take the best man to the bride maid’s house, then go to the groom’s house and all together to the couple’s house.

The villager’s priest would take the best man after the ceremony, to the closest vineyard, to cut the bridal garlands. The priest would cut three branches from a vine, blessed them and sprinkled them with white wine. He then gave them to the best man. The wine which the branches were sprinkled from shouldn’t return to the couple’s house and the bottle should be broken into pieces.

Sited round a big table laid on a white tablecloth, girls start decorating the garlands. First they fold the vine branches with cotton, then with ribbons and finally they faster the lemon flowers with golden thread. Only after the decoration is finished, they all leave for the church.

Before the mystery begins, the bride and groom worship the icons and kiss their parents’ hands.

After the mystery is over, the "ferta" begins. This is an old custom. All the guests must throw some money in the plate. This custom goes back then when people wanted to support the priests who were usually poor. As soon as the newly wedded appear to the door of the church the violins as well as the explosives start their own tune, following the couple from the church to their house. At night they invite all the family and feast for two or three days.

The newly wedded put the wedding garlands in a box near the icons where they stay until they die and are put into the grave of him who dies last.