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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St Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church
Memorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II
[315] 1 Sam 24:3-21;Ps 57:2, 3-4, 6+11; Mark 3:13-19.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church (Readings from the Common of Saints: [518] Eph 3:8-12 (#728.4); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); John 15:9-17 (#742.25).) Hours of the Memorial.
Anniversary:
53rd anniversary of the death of P. Leo McQuillan (77) d. 1967 at Edinburgh, Scotland.
Anniversary:
12th anniversary of the death of F. Hermann Toma (69) d. 2008 at Harare, Zimbabwe.