Lisa & Konstantine

Lisa & Konstantine

Saturday, September 7, 2024 • Chicago, IL, USA
Lisa & Konstantine

Lisa & Konstantine

Saturday, September 7, 2024 • Chicago, IL, USA

Wedding Party

Lexi Chionis Svigos
Lexi Chionis Svigos - Matron of Honor
Lisa's older sister, role model, fashion icon, and lifelong best friend. Lexi has always trail-blazed for Lisa, be it as a tennis doubles partner, cool older sister, or music pioneer. Lexi and her husband Dimitri live in Lake Forest, IL with their newborn son John and dog Ada.
Eunice Buhler
Eunice Buhler - Bridesmaid
Eunice is Lisa's new sister. With advanced degrees in psychology and law, one might guess Eunice is a bookworm. In reality, Eunice would trade a good read for good ice cream. A pet lover, ocean explorer, and athlete, Eunice constantly reminds her little brother to live a little.
Cameron Hill
Cameron Hill - Bridesmaid
Cameron was Lisa's freshman year roommate at WashU. She introduced Lisa to matcha before it was trendy. Cameron is a neurosurgeon in training and performs pioneering glioblastoma research.
Sanjna Tripathy
Sanjna Tripathy - Bridesmaid
Sanjna was Lisa's college tennis teammate/doubles partner. If you lose sight of her on wedding day, she is probably off rescuing a dog. Sanjna lives in Houston, TX, and is a future dermatologist.
Mindy Borovsky
Mindy Borovsky - Bridesmaid
Mindy is Lisa's Bay Area bestie, salt & straw hype woman, college doubles partner, and adopted Greek. Mindy is from Deerfield, IL, and currently lives in San Francisco, CA.
Clara Cullen
Clara Cullen - Bridesmaid
Clara and Lisa met during their Michigan med interview and have been neighbors/Bradford House survivors and pals ever since. Clara is a runner, knitter, and gardener extraordinaire. She lives in Ann Arbor and is a plastic surgeon-to be!
Yoyo Wang
Yoyo Wang - Bridesman
Yoyo is the cardiothoracic surgeon you never wanted but may need due to a lifelong love of milkshakes. Yoyo and Lisa became instant pals for life on their internal medicine rotation at the VA while trimming a patient's toenails together.
Andrew Stutz
Andrew Stutz - Groomsman
Andrew runs through walls. Thin walls or thick walls. Walls so short that he could step over them, but chooses not to. Walls of water, walls of work, or walls of grilled protein. If there is a wall, Andrew will take two scoops of NO-Xplode pre-workout with 550 mg of caffeine and run through that wall. With Stutz as your friend, no wall is a barrier, no is not an option, and nobody has it better.
Ivaylo Bahtchevanov
Ivaylo Bahtchevanov - Groomsman
Ivaylo may try to steal your lunch. He may take your wine. He may even try to take your date. But the one thing this friend is always certain to steal is your heart. Whether living together in New York, Chicago or rural Italy, being with Ivaylo guarantees a great adventure. But seriously, if you are at Ivaylo's table tonight, please watch your food.
Shizhi Wang
Shizhi Wang - Groomsman
The first day of freshman year, Konstantine got to the dormroom at 7am to claim the better of the two bed locations. Upon arrival, he was greeted by a pantless Shizhi rolling out of bed to give his new roommate a hug. The better bed. Somehow, the pair became inseparable and were voted "oddest couple" at the end of freshman year. Whether he is down the hall or across the planet, Shizhi is the friend who you can rely on whether good times or bad.
Thomas Beilke
Thomas Beilke - Groomsman
Thomas and Konstantine were High School best friends. Thomas was a cross country star and once went for a run, but he never came back. He kept running to Colorado Springs, then Los Angeles, then Vienna. I guess the free Red Bull he gets as an employee there "gave him wings." Whether driving around in their Mustang (which has been passed back-and-forth) or still playing Nerf as adult men, somehow they always have fun together.
Thomas Cavalaris
Thomas Cavalaris - Groomsman
Thomas may dress and sound like a southern gentleman, but make no mistake, this man is a Greek. Whether it's Greek dancing or busting a move at the "Pawn Shop Lounge," few can command a social gathering like Thomas. Five minutes in and you'll think he's your trusted friend. Ten years in and I can testify the charm and friendship only grows.
Caleb and Diana Cragle
Caleb and Diana Cragle - Koumbari
Caleb and Diana get things done. If Diana's Division-1 gymnastics team is counting on her to stick a landing, she'll do so even with a broken bone. If you ask Caleb to add a little butter to the grilled corn, he come back with more melted butter than the mass of the corn itself (he hates that story). Caleb and Diana have been amazing influences and friends to us and as our Koumbari, they will help sponsor our wedding ceremony and support our marriage.
Constantine Man
Constantine Man - Ring Bearer
Constantine is widely considered the cutest child on the planet. He is less known for being Konstantine's godson. Constantine is smart, faithful and fun. While he no longer loves when his godfather abruptly throws him in the air (trigger warning: "super jump"), Constantine has perfected the art of ring-bearing and we're grateful to have booked him for the occasion.
Olympia Man
Olympia Man - Flower Girl
Constantine once had the monopoly on cutest child. To the relief of the FTC, Olympia was born and turned the monopoly on cuteness into an Oligopoly. Like her brother, Olympia is faithful, fun and loving. She is also great at snow sports and has a cannon of an arm for tossing flower petals.