Hallmark star Evan Roderick has married Dion Karas in a three-day wedding celebration in Loutraki, Greece, six months after referring to her as his wife.
The 31-year-old actor and Karas exchanged vows on 22 August in the Greek city where she spent her summers growing up. The ceremony was held at her family’s hometown church, followed by a reception at the family home.
Karas said Loutraki had become “a very special place for both of us” and felt like the right setting for their friends and family. Roderick was baptised Greek Orthodox last year and has since regarded Greece as his second home.
“The most important thing to us was having our friends and family all together in this special place,” the newlyweds said. They added that they wanted guests to experience Greece through “a classic large celebration eating, drinking, and dancing”.
Karas helped design her wedding dress with her father, Stephen Caras. The champagne-coloured gown was inspired by ancient Greek style and featured a square neckline, a diagonal drop waist and hand-sewn drapery on the skirt.
She later changed into a two-piece outfit, also designed with her father and her brother, Kyriakos, which she described as having a more 1990s influence for dancing.
Roderick wore a chocolate-brown linen suit created by his father-in-law. The outfit was finished with vintage brass buttons engraved with small roses.
The couple chose Sam Cooke’s Nothing Can Change This Love for their first dance. Karas said the song had featured in dance parties at Roderick’s former flat and had become part of their relationship from the first time they listened to it together.
It was also the song Roderick played when he proposed, she said.
Roderick and Karas first began sharing photographs together on social media in November 2022, although it is unclear when their relationship began. They became engaged in October 2024.
The wedding comes after Roderick referred to Karas as his wife and said he was a married man earlier this year. The couple may have legally married in the United States before their Greek ceremony, although this has not been confirmed.
