On Thomas Sunday, April 23, local faithful and members of the Kuban Cossack Voisko gathered at St. Vladimir Cemetery in Jackson, NJ, for the traditional "Krasnaya Gorka" celebrations – when believers, radiant with Paschal joy, come to the cemeteries to pray for their departed relatives in the hope of the general resurrection.

Celebrating Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Cossack Chapel was Archpriest Serge Lukianov (rector of St. George Cossack Church in Howell, NJ and Voisko chaplain), co-served by Protodeacon Paul Drozdowski (cleric of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell).

On October 5th, the annual Cossack Congress in America was hosted by Stanitsa Nikolskaya at Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Congress began with a payer in the church and continued in the church hall. Ataman Iegor gave a welcoming speech as he greeted all of the representatives gathered together. The Congress reviewed the work completed by the leadership for the past year and set goals for the upcoming 2020 year. The Congress voted to reelect the current leadership for another year in office.

During the Russia revolution, Cossacks were one of the major ethnicity that composed the white movement to fight against the Bolsheviks. However, when the Cossacks were faced with decossackization, many were forced to leave, and those who were left behind suffered terribly from continued repression. That is why during World War II, many Cossacks saw an opportunity to free their homelands from the occupation of the Bolsheviks, and joined sides with Nazi Germany. As unfortunate their fate, at the time the Cossacks believed they were doing what was best for their homeland.

Dear brother Cossacks!