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");
}
?>
[476] Eph 3:14-21;Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Luke 12:49-53.
Hours of the day.
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St John Paul II, pope Common of Pastors: For a Pope Readings from the Common of Saints: [663A] Isa 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
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Anniversary:
28th anniversary of the death of F. Anthony Kowalik (71) d. 1992 at Katondwe, Zambia.
Death:
Death of P. Karl Steffens (ZIM) (84) d. 2020 at Harare, Zimbabwe.