Kirkjuleg hj\u00f3nav\u00edgsla er helgiath\u00f6fn \u00fear sem tveir einstaklingar, karl og kona, e\u00f0a tveir karlar e\u00f0a tv\u00e6r konur, heita hvor \u00f6\u00f0rum \u00e6vitrygg\u00f0um, a\u00f0 eiga, nj\u00f3ta og \u00feiggja saman \u00f6nn sem yndi l\u00edfsins, gle\u00f0i og sorgir.<\/p>\n
Hj\u00f3nav\u00edgslan er tj\u00e1ning gle\u00f0i og fagna\u00f0ar, samst\u00f6\u00f0u, \u00e1byrg\u00f0ar og vonar \u00e1 \u00feessum vegam\u00f3tum l\u00edfsins sem hj\u00f3nin \u00e1. S\u00f6fnu\u00f0urinn umlykur hj\u00f3nin fyrirb\u00e6n sinni \u00e1samt kirkjunni allri og vill me\u00f0 Jes\u00fa Krist sem fyrirmynd s\u00fdna \u00fev\u00ed samf\u00e9lag hinnar gagnkv\u00e6mu \u00fej\u00f3nustu og \u00fe\u00f6rf allra fyrir samf\u00e9lag vi\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 og n\u00e1ungann utan hrings fj\u00f6lskyldunnar.<\/p>\n
Meginregla er a\u00f0 kirkjubr\u00fa\u00f0kaup fari fram \u00ed kirkju. \u00cd \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta skulu vera vi\u00f0stddir tveir vottar, e\u00f0a svaramenn, en oftast eru \u00fea\u00f0 fleiri, \u00far s\u00f6fnu\u00f0inum e\u00f0a fj\u00f6lskydum br\u00fa\u00f0hj\u00f3nanna.<\/p>\n
Einnig er \u00fea\u00f0 leyfilegt a\u00f0 giftingarath\u00f6fn geti fari\u00f0 fram \u00e1 heimili e\u00f0a utanh\u00fass. Gott er a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a vi\u00f0 prest um sta\u00f0setningu athafnarinnar sem og a\u00f0rar s\u00e9r\u00f3skir.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar anna\u00f0 e\u00f0a b\u00e6\u00f0i hj\u00f3naefni hafa l\u00f6gheimili erlendis \u00fe\u00e1 gefa s\u00fdslumannsemb\u00e6ttin \u00fat k\u00f6nnunarvottor\u00f0 um hj\u00faskaparskilyr\u00f0i. N\u00e1nari uppl\u00fdsingar um \u00fea\u00f0 er a\u00f0 finna \u00e1 vefjum s\u00fdslumannsemb\u00e6ttanna.<\/p>\n
Hj\u00f3naefni skulu\u00a0framv\u00edsa vottor\u00f0i um hj\u00faskaparst\u00f6\u00f0u fr\u00e1 \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0skr\u00e1 \u00cdslands,<\/a> ekki eldra en 30 daga g\u00f6mlu fr\u00e1 v\u00edgsludegi. Sj\u00e1 n\u00e1nar h\u00e9r<\/a> um skilyr\u00f0i til\u00a0 hj\u00faskapar.<\/p>\n