“The family shall be the basis of society and the State. Family, motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood shall be under the protection and care of the State. Marriage shall be concluded upon the free mutual consent of man and woman. The State shall register marriages, births, and deaths. The State shall also recognise the church registration of marriages. In the family, the rights of spouses shall be equal. The right and duty of parents shall be to bring up their children to be honest people and faithful citizens, and to support them until they reach the age of majority. The duty of children shall be to respect their parents, to take care of them in their old age, and to preserve their heritage.”
The family is the basis of society and the State; family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood are under the protection and care of the State. Marriage is concluded by the free mutual consent of man and woman, the State registers marriages, births and deaths, and also recognises church registration of marriages. Spouses have equal rights, parents must bring up and support their children, and children must respect and care for their parents.
A couple married in church does not need a second ceremony at the civil registry office, because the State recognises church registration of marriage. Parents are obliged to support their children until they come of age.
Common questions: what is the basis of society and the State (the family), how marriage is concluded (free mutual consent of man and woman), whether the State recognises church marriage (yes) and until when parents must support children (until the age of majority).
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