Blessed Theodore were found in a tomb in the crypt of Holy Cross Cathedral in Uzhhorod, and then transported to Budapest, Hungary for medical examination. On 27–28 June 2003 his relics were translated and carried in solemn procession back to Uzhhorod, where they are enshrined in a side chapel at Holy Cross Cathedral. In commemoration of the event, a second feast day, the Translation of the Holy Relics of Blessed Theodore Romzha, is celebrated on 28 June. Pavlo Sudoplatov's Letter In a letter from Pavlo Sudoplatov, General of state security, to delegates of the 23rd Assembly of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he stated that, "According to the instructions of the Kruschev, a member of the Politburo [Central Committee of the Communist Party] of Ukraine and the first secretary in Ukraine and approved by Khruschev, Romzha was eliminated in Mukachiv. The head of the Greek Catholic Church, he had actively opposed the uniting of Greek Catholics to Orthodoxy." Notes Further reading Fr. Christoper Zugger, Finding a Hidden Church, Eastern Christian Publications, Fairfax, Virginia, 2009. External links Biography of Theodore Romzha, ewtn.com Official web page Vatican website Official web page Vatican, vatican.va 1911 births 1947 deaths 20th-century Eastern Catholic martyrs People from Zakarpattia Oblast Rusyn people Hungarian Eastern Catholics Ruthenian Catholic bishops Eastern Catholic beatified people Ukrainian beatified people Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Burials at the Greek Catholic Cathedral, Uzhhorod People killed in NKVD operations Soviet people of Hungarian descent