7 March 1988, Monday (23.02 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 7 March 1988
Saints commemorated
- Hierarch Papias of Hierapolis ок. 70 — ок. 155/165
- Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna ок. 69/80 — ок. 155/167
- Hieromartyr Telesphorus, Bishop of Rome ? — ок. 136/138
- Venerable Polycarp of Bryansk XVI в. — 1620/1621
- Righteous Gorgonia of Nazianzus IV век, †ок. 370-375
- Righteous Holy Righteous Matrona of Moscow 1881–1952
- Martyrs Martyrs at [the Gate of] Eugenius (Constantinople) Обретение мощей: V-VII вв.