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");
}
?>
[505] Rev 15:1-4;Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9; Luke 21:12-19.
Hours of the day.
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St Catherine of Alexandria (or of Sinai) Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins Readings from the Common of Saints: [683C] Rev 21:5-7 (#714.4); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8 (#715.3); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2).
Optional
Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa
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Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Christ the King (1960)
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.
Anniversary:
140th anniversary of the death of P. Augustus Law (47) d. 1880 at Umzila's Kraal, BSA Co..
Anniversary:
83rd anniversary of the death of P. John Dejoux (93) d. 1937 at Nice, France.
Anniversary:
71st anniversary of the death of P. William Fitzgerald (88) d. 1949 at St Helen's, Lancs, England.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Ketterer (75) d. 1956 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Birthday:
51st birthday of P. Alberto MAQUIA (born this day in 1969).