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");
}
?>
[461] Gal 1:6-12;Ps 111:1b-2, 7-8, 9+10c; Luke 10:25-37.
Hours of the day.
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St Faustina Kowalska, virgin
[651a] Eph 3:14-19; Ps 103(102):1-2. 3-4. 8-9. 13-14. 17-18a.r.1; Matt 11:25-30. Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [651B] Eph 3:14-19 -740.7; Ps 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18a (#739.6); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4).
Optional
Anniversary:
84th anniversary of the death of P. James Nasser (78) d. 1936 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England.
Anniversary:
59th anniversary of the death of P. Christopher Devlin (54) d. 1961 at Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.
Anniversary:
33rd anniversary of the death of P. John Byrne (56) d. 1987 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
21st anniversary of the death of P. Georg Muschalek (88) d. 1999 at Berlin, Germany.
Birthday:
55th birthday of P. Lastone R. LUPUPA (born this day in 1965).
Birthday:
49th birthday of P. Tiyowoyechi SILUNGWE (born this day in 1971).
Birthday:
22nd birthday of S. Dismas CHISANGA (born this day in 1998).