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");
}
?>
[254] Gen 17:3-9;Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 8:51-59.
Hours of the day.
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St Francis of Paola, hermit Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [546] Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9); Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11 (#739.3); Luke 12:32-34 (#742.21).
Commemoration
Anniversary:
65th anniversary of the death of F. António TimóTeo (86) d. 1955 at Caldinhas, Portugal.
Anniversary:
12th anniversary of the death of F. Brutus Clay (90) d. 2008 at Chicago, USA.
Anniversary:
4th anniversary of the death of F. Joe Mandaza (84) d. 2016 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
27th birthday of S. Christopher Takudzwa TAMBURAYI (born this day in 1993).