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It has been 40 days since I exchanged Natalia's  hand from mine to God's hands for my beautiful wife Natalia Bardin. At the early age of 62 she went to be with our Lord and Savior on June 4, 2021. A devout Ukrainian Orthodox Catholic who loved to sing in the Pokrova Church choir and active in the Ukrainian Women's League of Houston her times were always happy times. With a smile and her laughter she would light up the room. She knew no strangers. She loved to work in the garden, feed her chickens, chase grandkids, look after her dogs, and work at Kingwood Hospital. She came to the United States 30 years ago. Not speaking any English she quickly learned the language, got her drivers license and went to college to be an RN and went to work at Kingwood Hospital for 23 years. She was successful in all her endeavors.  We took many trips to her homeland Ukraine to visit her friends and relatives and travel the country side. In Vinniki Ukraine she and daughter Olga built a house for vacation purposes. An avid traveler we have been from coast to coast Miami to San Francisco. She was a big beach girl that loved to swim and that is what she did on all our cruises together. From Alaska Glacier Bay to Crosby Texas she loved every minute of her time here on Earth. She leaves behind 3 children 8 grand children and numerous friends. She is deeply missed. Vichnaya Pamyaht.  Her memories are forever.  your loving Husband .....Reggie.

   


New Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has been  appointed. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed as bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (United States of America) His Excellency Msgr. Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. He was transferred from the titular see of Germaniciana and the office of auxiliary of the archieparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians. He was born on 1 January 1968 in the village of Borshchivka, in the region of Rivne, Ukraine. He attended the major seminary of Drohobych and on 29 March 1992 he was ordained a priest. In 1993 he was received in the Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite and on 21 December 1995 he gave his first vows. He obtained a doctorate in spiritual theology from the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He exercised his ministry in the parish of Bystrytsia (deaconry of Drohobych); in Belarus in Polock, and in the in parish of Vitebsk (1994-1996); and in Canada (1996-1999). He has served as Igumeno of the Lavra of Univ (2000 and re-elected in 2005); member of the commission of the Major Archbishop for Monasticism (2004); and administrator of the parish of St. Nicola Peremyshlany (2004). Since 2007 he was head of the secretariat of the Council of Monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; president of the liturgical council and president of the major superiors of male religious institutes of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was elected as auxiliary bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians on 3 August 2010, and was consecrated on the following 5 September.