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");
}
?>
[251] Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62;Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; John 8:1-11 (Year A or B) or Jn 8:12-20 (Year C).
Hours of the day.
red
St Stanislaus, bishop and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: [550] Rev 12:10-12a (#714.3); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); John 17:11b-19 (#718.7).
Commemoration
Anniversary:
104th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Prestage (65) d. 1907 at Fort Victoria, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
98th anniversary of the death of F. José António Martins (36) d. 1913 at Jette-St-Pierre, Brussels .
Anniversary:
47th anniversary of the death of P. George Loseby (50) d. 1964 at Johannesburg, RSA.
Anniversary:
43rd anniversary of the death of P. Raul Sarreira (79) d. 1968 at Vila Coutinho, Province of Mozambique.