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");
}
?>
[426] 2 Thess 2:1-3a, 14-17;Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Matt 23:23-26.
Hours of the day.
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St Joseph Calasanz, priest Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers Readings from the Common of Saints: [631] 1 Cor 12:31â13:13 or 13:4-13 (#740.3); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Matt 18:1-5 (#742.7).
Optional
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St Louis Common of Holy Men and Women Readings from the Common of Saints: [630] Isa 58:6-11 (#737.15); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 22:34-40 (#742.10).
Optional
Anniversary:
85th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Arnold (74) d. 1935 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
16th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Rea (93) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
85th birthday of P. Eberhard FUHGE (born this day in 1935).
Birthday:
64th birthday of P. Ludwik ZAPAĹA (born this day in 1956).
Birthday:
28th birthday of S. Herbert Nharo SHOKO (born this day in 1992).