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");
}
?>
At Florence, the apparition of St. Ignatius to St. Mary Magdalen de Pozzi.
1812
The Protestant Bible Society entered Russia with the sanction of the Government. The Jesuits prepared to meet this new enemy.
1931
Louis Billot, S.J. dies theologian. He had been pressed to resign from the college of cardinals by Pope Pius XI four years earlier, because of his support of the French ultra-nationalist movement, Action Francaise.
1932
Joseph Rickaby, S.J. dies. He was a philosopher and expert on the Spiritual Exercises, based at St. Beuno’s. At the request of Rome, he translated Rodriguez, The Practice of Christian Perfection, into English. He found this task difficult because of the content of the work.
1936
Peter Lippert, S.J. dies. He was a writer on Jesuit spirituality.
1953
The death of August Valensin, philosopher and friend of Teilhard.