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");
}
?>
[238] Dan 3:25, 34-43;Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Matt 18:21-35.
Hours of the day.
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St Patrick, bishop Common of Pastors: For Missionaries Readings from the Common of Saints: [541] 1 Peter 4:7b-11 (#740.15); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8b, 10 (#721.5); Luke 5:1-11 (#724.7).
Commemoration
Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa
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St Patrick, Co-Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese
Feast
Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints.
Anniversary:
68th anniversary of the death of P. Nicholas Ryan (65) d. 1952 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England.
Anniversary:
63rd anniversary of the death of P. Waldermarus Seidel (74) d. 1957 at Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
44th anniversary of the death of F. Andrew Mclnally (80) d. 1976 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
42nd anniversary of the death of P. John Coyne (89) d. 1978 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
58th birthday of P. Peter KNOX (born this day in 1962).
Birthday:
59th birthday of P. Paul MAYERESA (born this day in 1961).