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");
}
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Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of First Sunday of Lent. The beginning of the penitential season may be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23) Rite of Election (Enrollment of Names) for the catechumens.
Yr A
[22] Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19; Matt 4:1-11.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
172nd anniversary of the death of P. Lewis Clobus (67) d. 1935 at Mariëndaal, Netherlands.
Anniversary:
136th anniversary of the death of P. Andrew Zylka (59) d. 1971 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
102nd anniversary of the death of F. Francisco Loureiro (91) d. 2005 at Porto, Portugal.
Birthday:
109th birthday of NS. Lawrence Sikhumbuzo NDHLOVU (born this day in 1998).
Birthday:
122nd birthday of P. Anold MOYO (born this day in 1985).
Birthday:
113th birthday of S. Tafadzwa MADIMUTSA (born this day in 1994).