Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on March 7
7 holidays and special days are celebrated on March 7 around the world.
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Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Blessed Leonid Feodorov (Russian Greek Catholic Church)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 
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María Antonia de Paz y FigueroaMaría Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, later known as Mama Antula in Santiagueño Quechua, was a Catholic religious sister who established the Daughters of the Divine Savior. She was beatified on 27 August 2016. On 11 February 2024, she was canonised by Pope Francis.
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Perpetua and FelicityPerpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. Felicity, a slave woman im
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Siméon-François Berneux (part of The Korean Martyrs)Siméon-François Berneux was a French Catholic missionary to Asia, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was canonized as a saint. Berneux was executed in the anti-Christian purges at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea, in 1866. His death provoked the Fre
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Teresa Margaret of the Sacred HeartTeresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart, OCD was an Italian Discalced Carmelite nun. During her brief life of quiet service in the monastery, she came to be revered for her mystical gifts. She was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934.
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March 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)March 7 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their
Maritime Day in SloveniaThe Maritime Day is an anniversary in Slovenia dedicated to maritime activities and history. It is celebrated annually on 7 March. It was established with a decree by the Government of Slovenia on 7 March 1996. The event was celebrated with the unveiling of an
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on March 7?
7 observances are celebrated on March 7 around the world: Christian feast day: Blessed Leonid Feodorov (Russian Greek Catholic Church), Christian feast day: María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, Christian feast day: Perpetua and Felicity, Christian feast day: Siméon-François Berneux (part of The Korean Martyrs), Christian feast day: Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart, Christian feast day: March 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
What happened on March 7?
30 documented historical events happened on March 7, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest. On the same day, in another year: Bishop Étienne Tempier promulgated a condemnation of 219 heretical propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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