On September 27, 2024, the rector of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, and his wife took part in the festivities marking the 30th anniversary of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York.
An exhibition of works by photojournalists of the Russian news agency TASS, devoted to Soviet- and Russian-American relations, was set up at the Consulate General.
The exhibition was opened by the Consul General of the Russian Federation in New York, A.K. Zakharov. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the USA, A.I. Antonov, gave a greeting on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Russian Consulate General in New York. Also speaking at the ceremony were the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, M.V. Zakharova, and the First Deputy Director General of TASS, M.S. Gusman, who had come to New York as part of the Russian delegation to the opening of the new session of the UN General Assembly.
The formal part was followed by a festive reception.
