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");
}
?>
[220] Deut 30:15-20;Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 9:22-25.
Hours of the day.
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St Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [536A] Wis 7:7-10, 15, 16 (#725.2); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); Matt 7:21-29 (#730.2).
Commemoration
Anniversary:
85th anniversary of the death of P. Lewis Clobus (67) d. 1935 at Mariëndaal, Netherlands.
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of P. Andrew Zylka (59) d. 1971 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
15th anniversary of the death of F. Francisco Loureiro (91) d. 2005 at Porto, Portugal.
Birthday:
35th birthday of P. Anold MOYO (born this day in 1985).
Birthday:
26th birthday of S. Tafadzwa MADIMUTSA (born this day in 1994).
Birthday:
22nd birthday of NS. Lawrence Sikhumbuzo NDHLOVU (born this day in 1998).