ZELIENOPLE — Mayor Tom Oliverio has performed about 80 weddings in his

27 years in office.

He's helped couples tie the knot in all sorts of places and circumstances.

His only rule is that the ceremony include the Lord's Prayer.

At two weddings he performed this year, his recitations of the prayer were heard by the families of the brides and grooms thousands of miles away.

The couples, whose families live abroad, used the Internet chat application Skype so their loved ones who weren't able to travel to Butler County for the nuptials could watch and listen to the ceremonies.

On Sept. 15 Oliverio married Maria Cortigo, a native of Spain, and Nuno Ferreira, a native of Portugal, in their home in Cranberry Township, as their families tuned in from their respective homes. She and Ferreira met through a mutual friend on a hike near Morgantown, W.Va., in 2013 and they got engaged on Valentine's Day last year.

“We got married Sept. 15, which happens to be our birthdays. We share the same birthday,” said Cortigo, who has a doctoral degree in Spanish culture and has been a Spanish language professor at Slippery Rock University for 12 years. “Now it's a triple celebration.”

On Feb. 18, Oliverio married Carlos and Valeria Guzman, Argentinian natives who now live in Cranberry Township.

They said they met in Argentina in 2015 and moved to Cranberry last year.

“Our dream was to be in this country,” said Valeria, who taught English in high school in Argentina. “We wanted to get married and we met Tom and he married us.”

The ceremony was held at The Haven at Cranberry Woods. Valeria said Carlos went all out decorating the hall and the restaurant where the reception was held.

Their families watched the wedding in Argentina, but the friends they made since relocating attended the ceremony.

The couples exchanged telephone numbers and planned a multicultural dinner in which they promised to prepare their best dishes from back home.