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");
}
?>
[394] Exod 12:37-42;Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-12, 13-15; Matt 12:14-21.
Hours of the day.
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St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: [601B] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); John 10:11-16 (#724.10).
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Elijah, prophet (cf. 2 Kgs. 2:11) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
92nd anniversary of the death of P. Edmund Delplace (86) d. 1927 at Bruges, Belgium.
Anniversary:
11th anniversary of the death of P. Thomas M. Valiquette (75) d. 2008 at Centennial, USA.
Anniversary:
3rd anniversary of the death of S. Lucídio Ribeiro (77) d. 2016 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Birthday:
20th birthday of S. Eusébio Mariano SAMUEL (born this day in 1999).