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");
}
?>
[502] 1 Macc 6:1-13;Ps 9:2-3, 4+6, 16+19; Luke 20:27-40.
Hours of the day.
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Bl Miguel Agustín Pro and Bl. Emilio Moscoso, priests; Bl. Rutilio Grande, priest and comps. (Bl. Manuel Solórzano and Bl. Nelson Rutilio Lemus), martyrs [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) From the Common of Martyrs, or from the Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints:
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St Clement I, pope and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope Readings from the Common of Saints: [682] 1 Petr 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2).
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St Columban, abbot Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [683] Is 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19).
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Anniversary:
72nd anniversary of the death of P. Peter Duffy (61) d. 1947 at Tremeirchion, N Wales.
Birthday:
37th birthday of P. Omar Boby FRANCISCO (born this day in 1982).
Birthday:
44th birthday of P. Godwin MULENGA (born this day in 1975).