The Lithuanian man played a wedding in 102 years

The oldest bridegroom in the history of Lithuania, and maybe in the whole of Europe, has become a 102-year-old Stanislovas Grigas, last Saturday linking themselves knit marriage with 76-year-old Brone Mikutene, transmits the BBC.

A wedding was held in the city of Kaunas. According to the information , newly -weds met 35 years ago, in 1972, when Grigas was still married to another woman. She died in 1992, and then became Mikutene became to help with the housework . In 1995 died Grigas‘s first son died, and in 2006, last spring Brone moved to live Stanislovas‘place.

How the local media writes, the idea of the marriage came Stanislovas‘s head. "All major decisions in the family accepts it," confirms the bride - and I generally agree with him. "

"As far as I know, still in Lithuania was not so honored groom age," says Keshtitus Ignatavichus who conducted the marriage ceremony in the town hall in Kaunas. "And maybe it's the European record too."

Official statistics show that, until last Saturday, the oldest bridegroom in Lithuania was 84-year-old man, married back in Soviet times, in 1986,. The eldest Lithuanian bride is considered to be 80-year-old woman.


08 November 2007;