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");
}
?>
[417] Josh 24:1-13;Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22+24; Matt 19:3-12.
Hours of the day.
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St Stephen of Hungary Common of Holy Men and Women Readings from the Common of Saints: [623] Deut 6:3-9 (#737.3); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:14-30 or 25:14-23 (#742.12).
Optional
Anniversary:
115th anniversary of the death of F. Edward de Smedt (35) d. 1904 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
50th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Otto (71) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
10th anniversary of the death of F. Franz Gabriel (89) d. 2009 at Berlin, Germany.