Ganna Baraniouk

In the morning of August 7, 2024, Ganna Baraniouk passed away peacefully at her home. She was 82 years old. She was born on February 20, 1942 near Brody city in Lviv region Western Ukraine. She was the oldest daughter of Vasyl and Yustyna. She was predeceased by her younger brother Ivas and wife Olha who resides in Ukraine. Surviving her are her sister Lesia, her two children Marianna and Taras in Ukraine. She was the wife of Rev Nestor Baraniuk and mother of the only one son, Dr. Andrei Baranjouk. All her young life she wanted to become a teacher, but because of the soviet system her dream was not possible to come true due to her marriage to a young priest. Dobrodiyka Ganna was active in Rev. Nestor Baraniouk`s Parish in Ukrainian village Silets` Ben`kiv of Kamianka-Buz`k municipality. 

She moved to Winnipeg, Canada in 1993 with her husband to join their son Dr. Andrei Baranjouk with assistance of Dr. Bronislav Gorsky and his wife Orysia. Here she started attending ESL School on the Wall street and working for a catering company until in April 1996 car accident where her husband Rev. Nestor Baraniouk had life threatening injuries but survived and was retired after. Dobrodiyka Ganna for the next 25 years of his life surrounded her husband with all her love and care. Mrs. Baraniouk was full of positive vital energy, she was Saturday teacher for Ridna School of Sts. Volodymyr and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral and secretary of Ukrainian Catholic Women's League of Canada for over 10 years. 

In 1999 Babtsia Nusia was blessed with the birth of her only grandson/vnuchok Nestor Baranjouk whom she loved unconditionally for all her life. Dobrodiyka Ganna was invisible backbone, payroll and payable account manager for her son`s North End Dental Clinic since interception in 1998.  Every day she was picking up her grandson Nestor from Immaculate Heart of St.Mary School. She taught him the Ukrainian language which Nestor uses in his everyday life.  For all her life she was taking care of two Nestors: her dear husband and her loved grandson. Dobrodiyka Ganna was a very religious person. Her passion was prayers. Mrs. Baraniouk supported her husband through all his surgeries including open heart surgery. For the last three years of his life Father Nestor was bedridden and she was alone who took care of him. After Rev Nestor passed in 2021 babtsia was back to full time work for North End Dental Clinic with her son Dr. Andrei Baranjouk. She was quietly doing her paper work and praying in her free time. 

Other Family members who were special in our Mamtsia`s life: her nephew Ilya, who spent tremendous amount of time with Mama, her God daughter Natalia and her family Andriy, Roman and Nazar, Olesia and Roman with their two sons, Oleksiy and Arsen, who currently resides in Winnipeg. 

Also special in her life was Nataliya, Nestor`s mom. 

Also special thank you for Iryna and her kids Yarema and Marichka. 

During last eight months her main caregivers which took care of her needs Liuba, Ruslana, Svitlana, Liuba, Lilia, Liubomyr, Yulia, Orest, Maxym, Yuriy, Roman and Taras, Nataliya.

Specials thanks for Nataliya and Anna for providing medical assistance. Also we would like to acknowledge Dr. Panaskevych, family physician, Dr. Paul Szelemej, Dr. Thiessen from Cancer Care. For moral support and professional guidance Dr. Clifford Yaffe, Antonina Krasko for pharmacy needs. 

Her funeral services will be held at Sts. Volodymyr and Olga Metropolitan Cathedral leading by Auxiliary Bishop Most Rev. Andriy Rabiy with Rev. Ihor Shved, Rev. Mykhaylo Khomitskyy, Rev. Volodymyr Bashutsky, Rev. Yevhen Zadorozhnyi. 

Mrs. Ganna`s Baraniouk evening prayers and funeral services will be held in Sts. Volodymyr and Olga Metropolitan Cathedral:

Monday, August 12th, 2024 

7:00 PM - Parastas 

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

10:00 AM - Funeral Divine Liturgy following Interment at All Saints Cemetery.