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");
}
?>
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II
[309] 1 Sam 8:4-7, 10-22a;Ps 89:16-17, 18-19; Mark 2:1-12.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious (Readings from the Common of Saints: [513] Eph 6:10-13, 18 (#740.8); Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11 (#739.3); Matt 19:16-26.) Hours of the Memorial.
Anniversary:
118th anniversary of the death of P. Francisco X. Vogler (44) d. 1902 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
65th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Bontemps (84) d. 1955 at Preston, Lancs, England.
Anniversary:
24th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Swierczek (76) d. 1996 at Krakow, Poland.
Anniversary:
1st anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Watsham (ZIM) (94) d. 2019 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
81st birthday of P. Robert ALTHANN (born this day in 1939).