Ode to Fall & Commemoration of Ivan Turgenev.

On November 19, in the hall of the Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco, under the auspices of the Congress of Russian Americans, a meeting of the Orthodox Youth Literary Club was held. The hall was full of guests!  About 40 readers from primary school age to college students took part in the celebration dedicated to autumn poetry. Children born far from Russia recited poems by great Russian poets: Pushkin, Maikov, Pleshcheyev, Fet, Bunin. Students of the Cyril and Methodius High School also delighted the audience with singing and playing the piano! A significant part of the holiday was dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, the author of many wonderful works, poet, writer, propagandist of Russian literature and drama abroad. The CRA youth group recited Turgenev’s poems in prose, which sounded like a mandate to the younger generation: Take care of the Russian language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, it is an inheritance handed down to us by our predecessors!” At the end of the holiday, the children were presented with certificates and gifts by CRA representative, Zhanna Wilson. We hope that our meetings will become a wonderful tradition that supports and strengthens Russian culture away from Russia!