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");
}
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Rebecca, matriarch (cf. Gn. 24, 49:30–31) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Zachariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist (cf. Lk. 1:13-14,41-42) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Birthday:
22nd birthday of S. Timóteo Bartolomeu PORTÃSIO (born this day in 1996).