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");
}
?>
[313] 1 Sam 17:32-33, 37, 40-51;Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mark 3:1-6.
Hours of the day.
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St. Vincent, deacon and martyr Common of Martyrs (Readings from the Common of Saints: [517] 2 Cor 4:7-15 (#716.3); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 10:17-22 (#718.1).
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[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Enoch (cf. Gn. 5:18–24) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
93rd anniversary of the death of P. Herman Walmesley (76) d. 1927 at Rome, Italy.
Anniversary:
76th anniversary of the death of P. John Lyszczarz (37) d. 1944 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Duarte Teixeira (78) d. 2006 at Paio Pires, Portugal.
Anniversary:
4th anniversary of the death of P. Abel Paulo Guerra (89) d. 2016 at Braga, Portugal.
Birthday:
24th birthday of S. Gift CHIFAMBA (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:
45th birthday of P. Andrew SIMPASA (born this day in 1975).