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");
}
?>
[411] Nah 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7;Deut 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Matt 16:24-28.
Hours of the day.
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St Cajetan, priest Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [616] Sir 2:7-13 (#737.12); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Luke 12:32-34 (#742.21).
Optional
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St Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and companions, martyrs Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: [615] Wis 3:1-9 (#713.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2).
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Anniversary:
76th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Bulak (48) d. 1944 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. John Pearson (94) d. 2006 at Middlesborough, England.
Anniversary:
7th anniversary of the death of E. Luis Ferreira da Silva (91) d. 2013 at Lifidzi, Rep. of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
5th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel JoseĚ Malvar Da Fonseca (73) d. 2015 at Braga, Portugal.