Russian Wedding in London The Bride and Groom during the ceremony. To-day the wedding took place in London at the Russian Parish Church of St. Phillips, Buckingham Palace Rd., between Miss Marimna Theokritoff, aged 21, and Vassily Frank aged 31. The bride was born in Germany of a Russian father and has been in London 2 yrs. The Bridegroom was born in Russia and served in the Fleet Air Arm during the last war, he has been in England 14 yrs. They will be leaning to-night for their honeymoon in Austria. The bride had never attended a Russian Wedding ceremony previously. May 20, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).