Longer Catechism (Orthodox) 18.361

Chapter 18 — Part I — Matrimony

Section 361. Q. What is Matrimony? A. Matrimony is a Sacrament, in which, on the free promise of the man and woman before the priest and the Church to be true to each other, their conjugal union is blessed to be an image of Christ's union with the Church, and grace is asked for them to live together in godly love and honesty, to the procreation and Christian bringing up of children.