THE FORM OF MARRIAGE ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF ROMAN LAW, THE CANONS OF THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH AND MODERN MACEDONIAN LAW

Abstract

Marriage and the form of its conclusion in the history of marriage law according to the period are
characterized by their own specificities that are characteristic of that period and law. Thus, Roman law,
considering the importance of marriage as a pillar of the state, regulated the conclusion of marriage by
creating ways of concluding it which had been specific to the period in which it was valid. The Orthodox
Church also, as part of the one Christian Church recognized by Rome, at first was only giving blessing
to the concluded marriage, and later began to regulate it with its own rules, which made the conclusion
of marriage in the Church mandatory for its believers. Contemporary Macedonian law, which has been
relevant since the independence until today, although it has undergone minor changes, did not bypass
the conclusion of marriage, but created its own rules for the same. Although these three types of
regulations that refer to the form of the conclusion of the marriage have created their own specifics, the
idea they carry is the same, namely that the marriage should be concluded and that it should be the basis
of a new marital union ("small state i.e. a small church") on which as a basis the state will be founded
i.e. The Church will ensure its survival in times.