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");
}
?>
[366] 1 Kgs 21:17-29;Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11+16; Matt 5:43-48.
Hours of the day.
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:
132nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis von Wersch (59) d. 1888 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of F. Patrick Mellon (74) d. 1956 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of P. Adam Wargocki (35) d. 1971 at Katondwe, Zambia.
Anniversary:
35th anniversary of the death of P. Lachlan Hughes (60) d. 1985 at London, England.
Birthday:
19th birthday of S. Chrispin STANDE (born this day in 2001).
Birthday:
19th birthday of S. Costantino CHIBULA (born this day in 2001).