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Congratulations are in order for newlyweds Marjorie Fiterman, age 102, and Bernie Littman, age 100, of Philadelphia, who just got married on Sunday, May 19, at the senior living facility where they first met, Fox News reported.

They began dating nearly a decade ago.

Rabbi Adam Wohlberg officiated at the wedding, noting the couple was unlike most others that he’d married in the past.

“Most of the couples I marry these days met on some kind of dating app,” said Wohlberg at the wedding ceremony in remarks shared with Fox News Digital. 

He continued, “I much prefer the old ways. You live in the same building, you bump into each other, and you fall in love.”

That, he said, is a “no-frills” description of how the couple came to be.

Fiterman and Littman began dating over nine years ago, Littman’s granddaughter Sarah Sicherman told Fox News Digital.

They met at their assisted living facility. Both were previously married. 

“We were all thrilled that he found someone to do activities and spend time with,” she said.

Their relationship continued to grow over the years, said Sicherman. She said the two of them were “so lucky to have found each other and be a support to each other, especially during the pandemic.”

Given their advanced ages, most of Littman’s family did not think he would be looking to get married ever again. Littman had been married for 65 years to his late wife Bernice; they had two children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren together.

As for the new couple, "we assumed they would just live out their days status quo," Sicherman told Fox News Digital. "It was certainly a surprise."