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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29 Wednesday
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Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
[253] Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95;Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; John 8:31-42.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
79th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Boehme (74) d. 1944 at Tremeirchion, N Wales.
Anniversary:
37th anniversary of the death of P. Donald Ziemba (48) d. 1986 at Chicago, USA.
Anniversary:
30th anniversary of the death of P. Domingos Isac MlaĂşzi (64) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal.