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");
}
?>
[405] Lev 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37;Ps 81:3-4, 5-6, 10-11ab; Matt 13:54-58.
Hours of the day.
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St Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: [611] 1 John 5:1-5 (#716.10); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 5:1-12a (#742.1).
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St Peter Faber, priest [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) Proper (cf. Jesuit Missal) Readings from the Common of Saints: 1 Cor 2:1-5, Dan 3:52, 53-54, 55ac+56, 57-58, 82-84, 85-87, Matt 10:24-27
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St Peter Julian Eymard, priest Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [611A] Acts 4:32-35; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11; John 15:1-8.
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Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe
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Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (1925)
Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II. Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Habib son of Gamaliel (the teacher of St Paul) (His tomb, and that of his father, is venerated in Beth Gemal.) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
135th anniversary of the death of S. Victor Bourdon (28) d. 1884 at Graaf Reinet, RSA.
Anniversary:
134th anniversary of the death of P. Emmanuel Gabriel (36) d. 1885 at Nyamassugo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
61st anniversary of the death of P. Arthur Graham (76) d. 1958 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
58th anniversary of the death of F. Maximillian Klopec (83) d. 1961 at Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
34th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Van Roy (81) d. 1985 at Noucelles, Belgium.