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");
}
?>
[433] 1 Cor 3:1-9;Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21; Luke 4:38-44.
Hours of the day.
red
Bl James Bonnaud, pr, and companions; Joseph Imbert and John Nicolas Cordier, prs; Thomas Sitjar, pr, and companions; John Fausti, pr, and companions; martyrs [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) From the Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17. II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22. III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26. Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.
Optional
Anniversary:
79th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Wolfe (81) d. 1941 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales.
Anniversary:
41st anniversary of the death of P. Francis Preston (76) d. 1979 at Harare, Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
Birthday:
72nd birthday of P. Michael T. KELLY (born this day in 1948).