function getOrthodoxEaster($date)
{
/*
Takes any Gregorian date and returns the Gregorian
date of Orthodox Easter for that year.
*/
$year = date("Y", $date);
$r1 = $year % 19;
$r2 = $year % 4;
$r3 = $year % 7;
$ra = 19 * $r1 + 16;
$r4 = $ra % 30;
$rb = 2 * $r2 + 4 * $r3 + 6 * $r4;
$r5 = $rb % 7;
$rc = $r4 + $r5;
//Orthodox Easter for this year will fall $rc days after April 3
return strtotime("3 April $year + $rc days");
}
?>
[497] Rev 1:1-4; 2:1-5;Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 18:35-43.
Hours of the day.
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St Gertrude, virgin Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [677] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#739.4); John 15:1-8 (#742.24).
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St Margaret of Scotland Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged Readings from the Common of Saints: [676] Is 58:6-11 (#737.15); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); John 15:9-17 (#742.25).
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Sts Roch Gonzalez, John del Castillo, Alphonsus Rodriguez, priests; Bl Juan Antonio Solinas, priest, martyrs [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) From the Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17. II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22. III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26. Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.
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Anniversary:
123rd anniversary of the death of P. Ladislaus Menyhárt (48) d. 1897 at Miruru, Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
109th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Gordon (80) d. 1911 at Roehampton, England.
Anniversary:
46th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Tryers (86) d. 1974 at Port Elizabeth, RSA.
Anniversary:
32nd anniversary of the death of P. Langlois Lewis (74) d. 1988 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
87th birthday of P. Horst ULBRICH (born this day in 1933).
Birthday:
22nd birthday of NS. Shingirirai Munahse KARONDERA (born this day in 1998).