In a wedding entourage, which comes first in sequence, the bestman, matron of honor, maid of honor, .... etc?

Question

In our list, we have 1 bestman; 2 matron of honors and 1 maid of honor... all of whom are all close family members which we would like to include in our entourage.

Answer 1

The matron of honour enters before the bride.  The other two bridesmaid precede first in any order you wish.

The groom stands next to the minister with the best man next to the groom, and the groomsmen next to the Best Man.

Answer 2

The minister and the groom enter first.  The best man may enter with them or he may escort the maid/matron of honor in, whatever the bride prefers.  Next the matrons of honor then the maids of honor, either by herself or with the best man.  The ring bearer is next, then the flower girls.  Finally, the bride and her father enter.



For the recessional, everyone exits in the opposite order that they entered:  bride and groom first, then flower girls, ring bearer, coin bearer, matron/maid of honor and best man.  Guests should remain seated until the mothers have been escorted out (the minister can make an announcement asking them to remain seated).  The mother of the bride should be escorted out first, either by an usher or by the bride's father.  Then the mother of the groom is escorted out, then step-mothers.

Best wishes to you.

Answer 3

Best man usually stands with the groom.

Maid of honor precedes ONLY the bride.

The rest go in the order you would desire.