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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173rd anniversary of the death of P. Peter Dichamp (57) d. 1911 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England.
Anniversary:
167th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Zurek (70) d. 1917 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia.
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147th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Longa (80) d. 1937 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia.
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121st anniversary of the death of P. Henry Quin (88) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
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85th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McDonald (81) d. 1999 at Chikuni, Zambia.
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77th anniversary of the death of F. Amadeu Inácio (93) d. 2007 at Cernache, Portugal.
Anniversary:
66th anniversary of the death of P. Shaun Carls (SAF) (54) d. 2018 at Clarens, RSA.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1612
At Quito died Mark Antonio, an Italian lay-brother known as "the Saint." To the age of 80, he macerated his body with fasts, disciplines, hair shirts. Once during Mass he was seen raised in the air, his face shining with light.
1742
Pope Benedict XIV forbade the Chinese and Malabar Rites; persecution broke out at once in China.