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");
}
?>
[402] Jer 14:17-22;Ps 79:8, 9, 11+13; Matt 13:36-43.
Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
red
St Victor I, Pope and Martyr
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Common of Martyrs
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicholas, deacons (cf. Acts 6:3-5) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
19th anniversary of the death of F. Emmanuel Tirivanhu (60) d. 2001 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
79th birthday of P. Paul EDWARDS (born this day in 1941).
Birthday:
15th birthday of NS. Wiseborn KANYAMBUJO (born this day in 2005).