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");
}
?>
[477] Eph 4:1-6;Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 12:54-59.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
59th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Rodrigues (60) d. 1971 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Anniversary:
8th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Austin (SAP) (85) d. 2022 at Johannesburg, RSA.
Birthday:
57th birthday of P. Paul Musekiwa PETER (born this day in 1973).
Birthday:
44th birthday of P. Carlos Protásio XAVIER (born this day in 1986).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1567
St. Stanislaus Kostka arrived in Rome and was admitted into the Society by St. Francis Borgia.
1567
The Arrival in Rome of St. Stanislaus Kostka, where he was admitted into the Society by St. Francis Borgia.
1572
Edmund Daniel is martyred at Cork. He is the first Jesuit martyred in Europe.
1950
Letter of Fr. General Janssens orders some books removed from libraries in houses of formation, including works of DeLubac, Bouillard, Danielou, and deMontcheuil. This is a follow up of Humani Generis.
1970
Edmund Campion is canonized.
1975
P. Louis Dumas, S.J. is killed in Beirut, Lebanon.
1982
Pope John Paul II visits the Gregorian University and attends a symposium on Matteo Ricci. He praises him for his vision and his approach to the people and culture of China.