Russian Easter Festival 2023

April is the most beautiful month in Sydney, the annual traditional Russian Easter Festival ushered in.

22nd April 2023, the Federation of Chinese and Russian descendants of Australia held a grand luncheon Russian Easter at the “Golden Palace Seafood Restaurant”. President Ge Yinglan was the chief conductor and gave a speech. 

Consul General of the Russian Consulate Lgor Nikolaievige, Mayor of Fairfield Council Frank Carbone, Mayor D.Le, former member of the NSW House of Lords He Shen Huixia and Vice President of the Federation of Chinese and Russian Descendants of Australia Vela shared the joy of the festival with us and delivered speeches. President Ge and Mayor Fairfield presented the logo design award to Ms. Kenia.

The priest then prayed for all of them and sang a song to present a beautiful cake for the birthday friends of this month, with strong love and the warmth of home shining in their hearts, and the venue was filled with applause.

At 11:46 a.m., the grand gala started with the Australian National Voices sung by the “Jacaranda Artistic Team” of the “Multicultural Seniors Association Inc”, which brought joy and happiness to everyone with Russian ethnic dances, solos, chorus, magician and wonderful performances by various art teams.

While watching the program, everyone tasted the delicious food with a happy mood, chatting about the future of the life and friendship, everyone raised a glass and drank to celebrate their festival! Here we saw the friendship between friends and a peaceful and beautiful smiling face, blooming like a flower on earth.

During the luncheon, we were treated to a ballroom dance performance by Mr Dixson’s team, which was elegant and graceful. 

Then the social dance was officially started. We all danced together to have fun, happiness and joy to the festival.

The conference ended at 3:00 pm. Thank you very much to the two bilingual hosts and the guests, all the staff, performers, volunteers and all the participants who provided services for the event. President Ge would like to express her heartfelt thanks to all those who participated in the event and wishes everyone good luck & happy.