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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[256] Ezek 37:21-28;Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13; John 11:45-56.
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St Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church Readings from the Common of Saints: [547] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); Luke 6:43-45 (#730.6).
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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St Benedict’ Religious
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Common of Holy Men and Women
Anniversary:
63rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Naime (69) d. 1957 at Blackpool, England.
Anniversary:
11th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Joaquim Pereira (89) d. 2009 at Esposende, Portugal.