All Cossack Stanktsa in the name of Ataman Kaledin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held it's celebration of the Cossack National Holiday The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. Attending the celebration were Cossack guests from the Cossack Stanitsa in Colombia, as well as the Supreme Ataman of the Cossack Congress in Amerca Iegor Brun de Saint Hippolyte. The celebration started the with a prayer to the Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, and had a very friendly dinner following.

The Cossack Congress in America has now been active for 5 years. On October 3rd, the Cossack Congress in America celebrated it's 5th year anniversary. Of course, none of this would have been possible with out the active participation of our member organizations, and the people who were elected over the years to lead the Congress. At this moment, we would like to share with you the pictures of all previous Annual Congresses. From the first ever Congress, to the most recent.

2010 First Cossack Congress in America in the All Cossack Stanitsa Nikolskaya

Due to the State of Emergency announcement by governor Chris Christie for the State of New Jersey, the Memorial Service originally scheduled for Friday, October 2nd, 2015 has been rescheduled for October 4th, 2015 at the Stanitsa Nikolskaya following Divine Liturgy at 11:15PM.

Approximately 430 years ago pass away Ataman Yermak Timofeyevich, the Don Cossack who was responsible for the conquest of Serbia. While little is known about his early life, his birth place was reviled to be near the Chusovaya River on the eastern fringes of the Muscovite lands. Yermak constantly enjoyed engaging in piracy on the Sea of Azov or the Caspian Sea and to rob various envoys and Russian or Persian merchants. Eventually he learned tactics of war and excelled beyond the other hetmans in skill during the Livonian War.

The name of Kuzma Kryuchkov was known throughout the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Kryuchkov, a Don Cossack, had his portrait on posters, cigarette packs, and even postcards, depicting his acts of bravery. The newspapers and magazines all wrote about the Cossack who was victorious in the first days of the War in battle against German cavalry near the Polish town of Kawaria.