On the initiative of RACSI (the Russian American Cultural Heritage Center), in 2012 the New York State Senate established APRIL as Russian and Russian-Speaking Americans History Month. Since then, RACSI has coordinated and organized History Month every year.
This year History Month opens on April 1, when the whole world will mark a jubilee — the 150th birthday of the great Russian composer Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. On this day, at the composer’s grave in New York State, a panikhida will be served by Priest Mark Rashkov, cleric of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York.
On April 8, 2023, at 2:00 PM, a concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of S.V. Rachmaninoff will be held in the Cathedral parish hall. All are welcome.