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");
}
?>
Martyrs of Japan, (St. Paul Miki, rel and comp., Bl Charles Spinola, Sebastian Kimura, prs, and comp., martyrs [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Common of Martyrs (Readings from the Common of Saints: [528] Gal 2:19-20 (#740.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 28:19a, 20b (#723.2); Matt 28:16-20 (#724.4)) Hours of the Memorial.
Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa
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Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt , Co-Patronal Feast of the Archdiocese
Feast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
Anniversary:
43rd anniversary of the death of F. John Joseph Conway (56) d. 1977 at Musami, Republic of Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
43rd anniversary of the death of P. Christopher Shepherd-Smith (34) d. 1977 at Musami, Republic of Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
43rd anniversary of the death of P. Martin Thomas (44) d. 1977 at Musami, Republic of Rhodesia.