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");
}
?>
[311] 1 Sam 15:16-23;Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23; Mark 2:18-22.
Hours of the day.
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St Fabian, pope and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope (Readings from the Common of Saints: [514] 1 Peter 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 40:2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
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St Sebastian, martyr Common of Martyrs (Readings from the Common of Saints: [515] 1 Peter 3:14-17 (#716.8); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2).
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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Bl Cyprian Michael Tansi, Priest
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Common of Pastors
Anniversary:
71st anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Moreau (85) d. 1949 at Chikuni, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
71st anniversary of the death of P. Philip Beisly (53) d. 1949 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.