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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4 Saturday
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Saturday of the twenty-second week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I
[436] Col 1:21-23;Ps 54:3-4, 6+8; Luke 6:1-5.
Hours of the day.
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Optional
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joseph, son of Jacob (cf. Gn. 30:22–24, 37; 39–50) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Moses, prophet and law giver (cf. Ex. 3:10) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
48th anniversary of the death of P. John Diamond (69) d. 1973 at London, England.
Anniversary:
18th anniversary of the death of P. Desmond O'Loghlen (85) d. 2003 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
15th anniversary of the death of P. Sean O'Connor (AOR) (86) d. 2006 at Nairobi, Kenya.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1549
Peter Canisius makes his final profession in Rome. 1606. Brief of Pope Paul V confirms our Institute.
1845
Pierre Chazelle dies. Pioneer leader and first Superior of the restored Society in French Canada and the USA.
1973
James Brodrick dies, in London, of the Irish Province, historian of the Society, biographer of Ignatius, Bellarmine, and Canisius.
1991
Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J. dies, age 95. A theologian, once silenced, then vindicated. Surnaturel. He was created a cardinal in 1983.