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");
}
?>
[368] 2 Cor 11:1-11;Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 7-8; Matt 6:7-15.
Hours of the day.
Outside the Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg [i.e. all non-SACBC territories]
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
Feast
Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church. [In the Universal Calendar, this feast is celebrated on the Thursday after Pentecost, except for SACBC territories which will celebrate it next Thursday. In SACBC territories, the Feria from Ordinary Time should be used as above, or the optional Memorial below can be used.]
Yr A
Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (℟. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42. Download the texts
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Diocese of Kabwe, Zambia
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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Patronal Feast of the Diocese
Feast
Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, Creed, Preface of Sacred Heart (Sunday Lect.) [170] Deut 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+10; 1 John 4:7-16; Matt 11:25-30. Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Diocese of Monze, Zambia
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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Patronal Feast of the Diocese
Feast
Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, Creed, Preface of Sacred Heart (Sunday Lect.) [170] Deut 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+10; 1 John 4:7-16; Matt 11:25-30. Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Anniversary:
123rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis von Wersch (59) d. 1888 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
55th anniversary of the death of F. Patrick Mellon (74) d. 1956 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
40th anniversary of the death of P. Adam Wargocki (35) d. 1971 at Katondwe, Zambia.
Anniversary:
26th anniversary of the death of P. Lachlan Hughes (60) d. 1985 at London, England.
Birthday:
10th birthday of S. Chrispin STANDE (born this day in 2001).
Birthday:
44th birthday of *P. Dondo Bena, Benoît (ACE) (born this day in 1967).
Birthday:
10th birthday of S. Costantino CHIBULA (born this day in 2001).