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05-11-2011, 10:55 PM
Escaping a small French city, converting to Orthodoxy and getting married in Belgrade might seem like an odd move for a couple with no previous links to Serbia. But this is exactly what new lyweds, Cédric Le Lan, 42, and Anne Le Lan, 34, have done.
Interviewed in a Belgrade hotel a day after the ceremony, the couple speak of their wedding, their new religion and their love of the Serbs. They are accompanied by some 40 friends from France, who have packed the hotel’s dining room.
The couple constantly glance at each other and help fill in each other’s sentences. They keep blushing – perhaps from love or shyness.
Cedric says they sampled local spirits, rakija, on their wedding. Pointing to his head, he seems to suggest that they may still be recovering from its effects.
The transition from Catholicism to the Orthodox belief appears to have been accomplished smoothly, apart from the loss of a Pope.
“Conversion was not a big step for us because the two religions are almost the same,” Cedric says. “The only difference is the Pope, but Jesus and Mary and the rest are the same as in Catholicism.”
The couple say Serbia appealed to them because of its laid- back attitude. Yet the way of life they accredit to the Serbs is perhaps more typically associated with the French.
“We are not stressed here and everybody in Serbia behaves respectfully,” says Cedric. “In France, it is very different. Everybody lives in this crazy world where there is so much stress.”
Cédric and Anne come from the city of Boulogne Sur Mer, a city of about 45,000 people, in the north of France. They are now planning to relocate to Belgrade.
More (http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/from-france-with-love)
The French couple must have saw the superiority of Serbian culture and chose to be Serbianized. I can't blame them since to be born Serb is like winning a one in a trillion lottery and being Serbianized you get to experience the half of being born Serb. :wink
Interviewed in a Belgrade hotel a day after the ceremony, the couple speak of their wedding, their new religion and their love of the Serbs. They are accompanied by some 40 friends from France, who have packed the hotel’s dining room.
The couple constantly glance at each other and help fill in each other’s sentences. They keep blushing – perhaps from love or shyness.
Cedric says they sampled local spirits, rakija, on their wedding. Pointing to his head, he seems to suggest that they may still be recovering from its effects.
The transition from Catholicism to the Orthodox belief appears to have been accomplished smoothly, apart from the loss of a Pope.
“Conversion was not a big step for us because the two religions are almost the same,” Cedric says. “The only difference is the Pope, but Jesus and Mary and the rest are the same as in Catholicism.”
The couple say Serbia appealed to them because of its laid- back attitude. Yet the way of life they accredit to the Serbs is perhaps more typically associated with the French.
“We are not stressed here and everybody in Serbia behaves respectfully,” says Cedric. “In France, it is very different. Everybody lives in this crazy world where there is so much stress.”
Cédric and Anne come from the city of Boulogne Sur Mer, a city of about 45,000 people, in the north of France. They are now planning to relocate to Belgrade.
More (http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/from-france-with-love)
The French couple must have saw the superiority of Serbian culture and chose to be Serbianized. I can't blame them since to be born Serb is like winning a one in a trillion lottery and being Serbianized you get to experience the half of being born Serb. :wink