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");
}
?>
Mass of the day.
Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle II
[302] Acts 28:16-20, 30-31;Ps 11:4, 5+7; John 21:20-25.
Hours of the day.
In the evening:
red
Vigil of Pentecost
Solemnity
Mass of the Vigil; Gloria, sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. Double alleluia at the dismissal
[62] Gen 11:1-9 or Exod 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ezek 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24+35, 27-28, 29b-30; John 7:37-39.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Anniversary:
53rd anniversary of the death of P. Ladislaus Daleczko (81) d. 1991 at Gdynia, Poland.
Anniversary:
52nd anniversary of the death of P. William Lee (HIB) (77) d. 1992 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
47th anniversary of the death of P. Gunter Reuter (69) d. 1997 at Köln-Deutz, Germany.
Anniversary:
32nd anniversary of the death of F. Ilija Dilber (86) d. 2012 at Zagreb, Croatia.
Birthday:
52nd birthday of S. George Mbav CHANDA (born this day in 1992).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1585
Disturbances arose against the Society at Riga in Latvia. Cardinal Radzivil undertook its defense. This cardinal is buried in the Gesu at the foot of St. Francis Xavier's altar.
1724
The Bull of the Canonization of St. Francis Borgia was published by Benedict XIII.
1848
At Karthoum, the death of Maximilian Ryllo, a missionary of Central Africa.
1920
Fr. General Ledochowski invites Jesuits of New York/Maryland to the Philippine mission.
1937
Chile was established as an independent vice-province.