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Abby Charchun, Alberta Marriage Commissioner is a Calgary-based officiant that specializes in a number of different abilities to performing wedding ceremonies. As a former event planner, active writer and producer, Abby has the experience of a veteran officiant, having performed more than 1500 weddings in her 17 years in the industry. She will offer creative ceremony ideas, calm your nerves and give you the support you need to undertake such a life-changing and joyous moment.

Services offered

Telling the story of your relationship and how it came to this magnificent day is choosing the right words to make your ceremony memorable. Abby will help you with that and with the paperwork associated with getting married in the province of Alberta. The services she offers include:

  • Standard civil/Elopement ceremony
  • Personalized wedding ceremony
  • Wedding Coach - I am there to support you when you want a friend or family member to marry you
  • Renewal of vows
  • Pop-up wedding

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Frequently asked questions

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Civil union
Non-religious
Vow renewal
Ceremony rehearsal

What services do you provide?

Licensed
Allow couple' own vows

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
No denomination

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$400

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$150
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Reviews for Abby Charchun - Alberta Marriage Commissioner

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Kirsten
Kirsten E. Sent on 12/12/2021
4.8 out of 5 rating

Amazing officiant!

We were so glad to have found Abby as an officiant! From our first video chat we knew she was the person we wanted to officiate our ceremony. She has a great personality and is very passionate about what she does. Our small wedding got postponed by a year due to covid, then cancelled and turned into a 3 hour hiking elopement, and Abby was flexible with our changes and down for the adventure. We wanted a personalized ceremony, and Abby was able to do just that. We really appreciated all of the documents, templates, and information that she sent us to inspire us for how we wanted our ceremony crafted, and how a ceremony should go the day of. Even though it was just the two of us, we were thrilled with the ceremony she crafted just for us. In the months leading to the wedding she was fairly prompt with her email responses, and a few days prior to the ceremony we had a video chat to go over all the finer details. We would recommend Abby to anyone, whether you’re having a small intimate elopement or a huge wedding, she will craft a ceremony that really speaks to your relationship!
Caitlin
Caitlin C. Sent on 04/11/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Magical Moments Guaranteed!

Abby was without a doubt the most wonderful addition to our wedding day. She was incredibly professional and timely with her responses, guided us through the entire ceremony planning process with care, flexibility, thoughtfulness and humour, and helped us remain calm and focus on each other during the entire process. Every single guest commented to us that night on how beautiful the ceremony was, most of them saying it was the best wedding ceremony they'd attended (we agree!). Abby was able to blend the perfect amount of sentimental and humourous moments into our ceremony and personalized it using her specifically crafted questionnaires from us to create the most unique and special moment for both of us. The ceremony was our favourite part of the entire day and was such a magical meaningful moment for both of us, we truly will never forget it. We highly highly recommend Abby for your wedding ceremony.
Brooke
Brooke Sent on 25/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Lovely commissioner

We enjoyed our ceremony, Abby personalized the verbiage and made it fun for the guests.

Abby has lots of materials for us to choose from and allowed us the flexibility to opt into practicing without her to save some money. She provided lots of notes
Nathan
Nathan P. Sent on 24/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic Officiant

Abby was fantastic to work with. From our first meeting she was incredibly helpful in helping us craft a ceremony that was just perfect for us. The amount of reference materials, templates, and previous examples of ceremonies and vows really helped make the day one to remember.
Christine
Christine Sent on 17/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The BEST person to help us tie the knot!

Abby was such an amazing person to work with for our ceremony. She was always very responsive, wholly supported us throughout the whole process, and was so professional. She provided all of the information that we could possibly need and more on the logistics of getting married in addition to making sure we had a perfect, memorable ceremony.
She worked with us to make sure that we were comfortable with how our ceremony would go including helping us personalize our ceremony that was a beautiful touch and perfect for us. On the day of, we were able to relax, have fun and really enjoy the moment with each other.
It was such a pleasure to have Abby be a part of our wedding day. I would highly recommend Abby to anyone who is looking for an amazing officiant for their big day.
Shawnee
Shawnee L. Sent on 17/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Abby is Awesome!

From the moment I reached out to Abby and asked her to be a part of our special day, I knew I had made the right choice. She was responsive, great at communicating and put us at ease after we asked her a whole bunch of questions regarding the finer details of our ceremony. She has a contract that you sign when you pay your deposit to hold your date.

Abby helped us to completely customize the script for our wedding which made it feel much more personal. My husband and I also completed a 'questionnaire' independently of each other which Abby pulled excerpts from during our ceremony - we loved this part as it was a surprise for us on our big day! It was such a nice way to include our voice in the ceremony without the pressure of long vows and our guests commented on this part of our ceremony as being very special and unique.

Abby helped organize our guests prior to the ceremony and addressed housekeeping after the ceremony was complete. She is incredibly experienced and has a wonderful sense of humor. We would without question recommend Abby for your wedding!
Jennifer
Jennifer Sent on 21/05/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Abby is the best!

We thoroughly enjoyed working with Abby for our wedding. She is experienced, polished and professional. Abby was able to cope beautifully with some significant blunders by our DJ in the middle of our ceremony; she wasn’t stressed or flustered by it, and also managed to keep us both calm. We appreciated her ability to provide us with all the support and direction we needed to have the exact ceremony we wanted. We would highly recommend Abby to anyone looking for a marriage commissioner that will make their wedding the best it can be. Thanks so much Abby!!
Chantel
Chantel Sent on 03/05/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Abby Charchun - Calgary & Area Marriage Commissioner

Choosing Abby as our officiant was one of the best decisions we made for our ceremony. Planning a wedding proved to be a lot more work than I anticipated, Abby made this part of the planning virtually stress free. Not only did she manage to keep things organized while we planned the best way to navigate our ceremony at the Plaza Theatre, but she also offered a multitude of choices to help make our day unique and special to us. Several of our friends have had the honor of having Abby officiate their weddings and they were all different and meaningful to that couple. Trust all the reviews you read about her, honestly she is amazing!!!!
Hannah
Hannah K. Sent on 02/02/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Truly helped celebrate our love

From our first conversation with Abby, she felt like a friend. She took the time to know us, to celebrate us, plan with us, and help make our wedding day an experience we will never forget. She helped make our ceremony unique to who we are as a couple, while including the perfect amount of tradition. I can not emphasize enough how kind, flexible, genuine and considerate Abby is. You can really feel that she loves celebrating you on your special day.
Aldona
Aldona Sent on 30/01/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Abby is amazing!

Abby Charchun was the perfect person to have as our wedding commissioner - we instantly felt like she was a friend. After a few conversations ahead of our private ceremony, Abby wrote the most amazing vows for us (she had us in tears within the first 30 seconds) and our experience was truly magical. There was nothing but love and good vibes in the room.
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