As your wedding day approaches, you find yourself thinking in a whole new way about any number of things, including your home. Or, if you're setting up your own household, that's an adventure all its own. Among other things, your home can be a symbol of the religious beliefs and traditions that make you who you are. Setting up your first household as a married couple or a singleton also can mean establishing a place for your values and beliefs to grow and flourish.

Receiving religious items as wedding gifts ensures that the joy of your wedding day will follow you through the other sacred moments of your marriage. While items listed here don't usually appear on traditional gift registries, they can be as essential as a Dutch oven or a soup tureen to a newly established home life.