06/09/2026
✨James + Jolene
Some couples you have to coax a smile out of. These two, we couldn’t get one off their faces.
The day began at St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox in Kensington — a church full of family, and the faith the two of them have built their life around. Whatever you believe, you can feel a room like that.
Then Leonda by the Yarra, and a night they gave themselves to completely. No watching from the edge, no waiting for the good bit. They were in it from the first song to the last.
And they left the way you’d want to leave: through a corridor of sparklers, down to the water, and away up the Yarra in a water taxi.
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Ceremony · St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox, Kensington
Reception · Leonda By The Yarra | Melbourne Wedding & Event Venue
Officiant · Fr Michael Salib and the clergy of St Mary’s
Photography · 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐒
Gown · Mariana Hardwick
Suiting · InStitchu
Styling + planning · Amica
Florals · MELBOURNE PREMIUM FLORIST - Loved By 2,854+ Customers
Cake · Cake Tribe — Maryam Mekhail
Hair + makeup · CASSANDRA RENEE MakeupArtistry
Music · Danny Farah