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");
}
?>
[324] 2 Sam 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30-19:3;Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mark 5:21-43.
Hours of the day.
red
Jesuit Martyrs of India (St John de Brito, pr; Bl Rudolf Acquaviva, pr and comp., martyrs) [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) From the Common of Martyrs, or from the Common of Missionaries (Readings from the Common of Saints: Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17. II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22. III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26. Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.
Common of Missionaries I. Isa 40:1-5; Ps 19(18):2-3, 4-5; Mark 16:15-20. II. 1 Thess 2:2b-8; Ps 96(95):1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10; Luke 10:1-9.
Optional
Anniversary:
68th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Weaver (57) d. 1952 at London, England.
Anniversary:
47th anniversary of the death of P. James F Brennan (72) d. 1973 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Birthday:
59th birthday of P. John ENSLIN (born this day in 1961).
Birthday:
91st birthday of +P. David Ferreira da SILVA (born this day in 1929).