until we say yes… hopefully!
Chapter one
She came from Ukraine. He grew up by the Norwegian sea. Somewhere between two languages and one long winter, we found each other — and decided we would rather face every season together than any of them apart.
We are gathering the people we love inside walls that have stood for nine hundred years, under a roof of glass that lets the Nordic sky right in — old stone, new light, and ready for whatever comes next.
The date
The place
A medieval stone church on the Norwegian coast.
Nine-hundred-year-old fieldstone walls beneath a roof of glass — old stone, open sky, and sea-air at the door.
The day
Everyone is invited to the ceremony at the church — old friends, new friends, family near and far. The dinner afterwards at Victoria Hotel is a smaller gathering for our closest family.
Find your seat among the old stones. Music, soft light, the slow business of arriving.
Vows within the ancient stone walls of Sola Ruinkyrkje.
Greetings, congratulations, a few tears, a few photographs along the coast.
A long table in the heart of Stavanger. Speeches from those brave enough, and an evening that takes its time.
Garden formal. Bring a coat the wind can't argue with.
Yours are welcome — we love them too.
Your presence is the gift. If you insist, a contribution to the honeymoon is gratefully received.
The ceremony will be held in Norwegian and English, with Ukrainian where the heart calls for it.
Getting there
Address: Ruinkirkeveien, 4050 Sola, Norway
From Stavanger: ~20 minutes by car.
From Stavanger Airport (SVG): ~7 minutes — practically next door.
Parking: available beside the church.
May on the coast: bring a layer. The wind has its own opinions.
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