On September 20, the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Shiderty celebrated its patronal feast. The festive Divine Liturgy was presided over by the Apostolic Administrator for Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Mitred Archpriest Vasyl Hovera. Concelebrating with him were the parish priest of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Father Alexander Adomenas; the parish priest of the Church of the Protection

On August 24, a solemn reception marking the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence was held at the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana. The event was attended by priests of the Apostolic Administration for the faithful of the Byzantine Rite in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, led by the Apostolic Administrator, Father Vasyl Hovera. Among the guests were also the Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Archbishop George Panamthundil, and Archbis

From August 16 to 19, the Sunday School of the Parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Pavlodar organized a children’s camp on the grounds of the Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the settlement of Shiderty. The camp was organized and conducted with the involvement of Tatyana Yuryevna Golovchuk, Director of the Sunday School of the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul, Fr. Yaroslav Golovchuk, parish priest of the Parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul,