Christian feast day: Blessed Leonid Feodorov (Russian Greek Catholic Church)
Leonid Feodorov
Leonid Ivanovich Feodorov was a Studite hieromonk from the Russian Greek Catholic Church, the first Exarch of the Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia, and a survivor of the Gulag at Solovki prison camp. He was beatified at Lviv by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.
Russian Greek Catholic Church
The Russian Greek Catholic Church or Russian Byzantine Catholic Church is a sui iuris (self-governing) Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic particular church that is part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Historically, it represents both a movement away from the control of the Church by the State and towards the reunion of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Catholic Church. It is in full communion with and subject to the authority of the Pope in Rome as defined by Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
March 7
March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 299 days remain until the end of the year.