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");
}
?>
[314] 1 Sam 18:6-9; 19:1-7;Ps 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13; Mark 3:7-12.
Hours of the day.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (cf. Mt. 1:18–25, Lk. 1:26–27; 2:5) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
101st anniversary of the death of P. Ferdinand Brault (59) d. 1919 at Tours, France.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Verdin (92) d. 1956 at Grahamstown, RSA.
Anniversary:
47th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Swift (73) d. 1973 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
43rd anniversary of the death of F. Benedict Fostacz (69) d. 1977 at Zagreb, Croatia.
Anniversary:
5th anniversary of the death of F. James Paul (89) d. 2015 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
25th birthday of S. Thomas Mwaba CHILINGA (born this day in 1995).