Meet Janik!
Janik believes that every ceremony should be as unique as the people that are entering into that marriage. A passionate people-person, Janik has over a decade of experience in the hospitality and events industry, planning and facilitating events both large and small.
Janik’s pleasure is in making each ceremony reflect the beauty of each couple and celebrates the arrival of this pivotal moment in a relationship. An experienced public speaker and MC, Janik looks forward to sharing your story! Janik resides in the South Okanagan Valley with his beautiful Wife and Daughter and in his spare time he can be found cooking up an storm (he did train as a chef after all), fussing over his cats and cycling or canoeing.
Testimonials
“Serendipity has been a theme in my husband and I’s relationship since the moment we met. When we met with Janik for the first time we knew immediately that we did not need to talk to any other officiants, and that our trend of serendipity was continuing. Janik immediately felt like a close friend or family member. He got to know us for who we were as individuals and who we were as a couple. He was an amazing support both leading up to and throughout our wedding, advocating for us whenever needed. He has so much knowledge and experience with weddings and answered questions we didn’t even know we had. His personalized ceremony was perfect. If you heard our vows and the words he shared, you would have thought we all sat down and wrote them together, that is the amount of effort and care he puts into truly getting to know each couple. We received so many compliments from family and friends about Janik. Our wedding truly would not have been the same without him!”
“We got married in September by officiant Janik, in the Okanagan! He was incredible, from the first phone call, until after the ceremony. He walked us through everything from start to finish. He took lead at our rehearsal pointing out many small details we would never have thought about. It was an incredible experience, coached by a true professional. He constantly touched base with us over the months leading up to our big day- he was always on call if we had questions and took the time to really research us as a couple- which was very obvious during, with his choice of words at the ceremony. Highly recommend Janik as he will make your ceremony fun, yet very touching!! Thank you Janik for being a part of our special day and playing such an important role!!”
“Janik from VO was professional, hilarious, timely, just an absolute dream to work with and made our wedding fun and relaxing. Highly recommend!”
“There are not many officiants to choose from in the Okanagan, but we’re glad we chose well. We had a good gut feeling about Janik after reading his profile and all his glowing reviews. And he did not disappoint!
From start to finish, Janik played a large role in making our wedding a success. A very thoughtful and detailed person, he met with us virtually a few times (destination couple), gave us clear instructions, walked us through the process and was there to answer questions and provide guidance when we needed it.
On the wedding day, his officiant portion was both touching and personal to us as individuals and as a couple. Not only did he officiate our ceremony, he was also hands on with coordinating the first touch with our photographer so the groom didn’t see the bride. His private and genuine congratulations to us afterwards was so touching and special, with absolutely no judgement of our intimate elopement style ceremony.
All of our friends came up to us after asking how we’d found and chose him as our officiant because they loved him and his energy. We could not have been happier with having Janik as our officiant and can’t express enough how grateful we are.”
“Holy smokes, where do I even begin?! We had the absolute pleasure of working with Janik as our officiant and I cannot recommend him enough! 🩷 We connected with him on a personal level right away, and he was so incredibly gracious, thoughtful, personable, authentic, and communicative throughout the entire process. He truly became a good friend of ours, and we feel an immense amount of gratitude for him as a human being. He got to know us and our love story to a T and there is not a single thing I would change about our ceremony and how he crafted it. I feel like at most weddings the ceremony is kind of the throw away part, like it’s necessary but seen more as a chore before the big party, which is sad because the ceremony is the whole point. Our ceremony felt like the exact opposite; it was truly the highlight of our wedding day and full of so much meaning and significance. Janik provided us with so much guidance, support and understanding, and went out of his way to be much more than a standard officiant. We have so much love for him.”
“Janik was an incredible officiant. He was extremely prepared, and went above and beyond by anticipating our needs. He crafted a touching and personalized ceremony. Many wedding guests commented that his ceremony was beautiful and memorable. We are incredibly grateful to him!”
“Janik officiated our wedding this past weekend and it was above and beyond our expectations!
Janik is very personable, funny and kind! From the first meeting, we knew he was the perfect fit and we were right!!!!
He met us the day before for the rehearsal and helped us organize and practice the whole ceremony. He made sure we were comfortable and knew what to do before finishing the rehearsal - super helpful and knowledgeable!
On the wedding day, it was PERFECT!! Janik arrived early and coordinated with the photographer and the DJ to ensure the whole ceremony went smoothly - and it did!
We’re so happy to have Janik officiate us in Kelowna - he’s the best!! Thank you Janik and Vancouver Officiant ♥️”
“Janik was a delight to have as our officiant. He was well-informed, kind, beautifully spoken and left us in awe at the complete customization he brought to our wedding ceremony based on the wishes we shared with him.
Thank you!”
“We highly recommend Janik for any Okanagan-area weddings. His gracious, caring character and thoughtful words made our small ceremony better than we ever could have hoped.”
“Absolutely recommend Janik with Vancouver Officiant! He really took the time to get to know my husband and I, then crafted a beautiful, personal ceremony! He guided us through the whole process and took care of small details that we didn’t even think to consider. Could not have picked a better person to marry us.”
“Janik was absolutely amazing to work with! We received so many compliments saying he was the best officiant they had seen before. Would highly recommend him!!”
“We had Janik for our officiant in July and he was absolutely wonderful. He was kind and calm throughout the entire experience and really helped ground us. He also wrote the most beautiful ceremony that was perfectly personalized to our love story and journey as a couple, and he even threw in a few inside jokes that just made the whole thing come together so well. Our guests were all raving about him and we would highly recommend him!!”
“Highly recommend Janik for the most fun, fresh and memorable wedding day ceremony! He (and the entire Vancouver Officiant experience) was flawless. Not only did he take our survey and curate it into a personal, heart-warming story, he was so personable with the guests on the wedding day. Not a dry eye in the house :)”
“We would highly recommend Vancouver Officiant for your wedding ceremony! Janik did a fantastic job. He took our personal story and created a beautiful ceremony to share with our friends and family. He was able to capture our history and hopes for the future in a non-cheesy way ! He put us at ease and made everyone feel comfortable on the wedding day. All of our friends and family were raving about the ceremony and there were lots and lots of happy tears. Thank you for making it perfect for us!”
“Janik Livera officiated our wedding in the Osoyoos area and did an incredible job. He took time to get to know each of us individually and crafted an amazing ceremony. Janik is very personable and also went out of his way on the day of to ensure we were comfortable and had plenty of Kleenex. He treated us like family and we are forever grateful.”
“We were so happy to have Janik be our officiant. He told our story better than we could. Our ceremony was full of love and joy and he made it happen. Highly recommend him!”
“My husband and I hired Janik from Vancouver Officiant for our Summerland wedding after meeting him at our venue during an event. I knew right away that he would be a great fit - confident and respectful - a true professional. We jumped at the opportunity to hire him and from start to finish, he was nothing short of our expectations. He asked detailed questions and truly wanted to make sure we were comfortable and would receive the ceremony of our dreams. He ran our rehearsal so well - having to coordinate our wedding party who was high energy. My bridesmaids turned to me and said “omg, he’s perfect”. Although we are not religious, some members of our families are, and they were very pleased with his service. He even asked what he should wear so that we had a cohesive “look”. Lastly, Vancouver Officiant as a whole sent us every little detail necessary to prepare us, ending off with a “how to change your last name in bc” document. We highly recommend going with them, you will not regret it!”
“My husband and I had Janik as an officiant for our wedding in Summerland this October. We were both so pleased with our ceremony and our overall experience with Janik. He went above and beyond to personalize our ceremony (Lord of the Rings quotes and all lol). We laughed and we cried and it was just a really special experience. Thanks Janik!”
“Our experience with Vancouver Officiant was amazing! We had Janik Livera as our officiant and he was so helpful and made us feel so relaxed. He captured our love story perfectly and even included our cat (Lily) into the service. We HIGHLY recommend Janik :)”
“Incredible officiant!
We are so happy with the quality of service we received! Janik was so kind and helpful through our whole experience! Couldn’t recommend him enough!”
“Working with Vancouver Officiant was a great experience! My partner and I had Janik as our officiant. He was supportive from start to end of our journey to getting married. We enjoyed his joyful energy so much! Thank you VO team! Photography by: The Wild Hearts Collective”
“We had the most amazing experience with Janik. He created a ceremony entirely for US. He didn’t use a pre-made script but rather personalized our entire program based off of questions that we answered for him. He took the time to get to know us before our wedding and added special elements to our ceremony accordingly. It is because of Janik that our ceremony turned out to be the highlight of our weekend. He was AMAZING.
My only regret is that I couldn’t stop crying because of how special everything was!
Thank you Janik, turned our day into a perfect fairytale”