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");
}
?>
[221] Isa 58:1-9a;Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matt 9:14-15.
Hours of the day.
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St John of God, religious Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious, or For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged Readings from the Common of Saints: [539] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:31-40 (#742.13).
Commemoration
Anniversary:
24th anniversary of the death of P. Arthur Clarke (79) d. 1995 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
20th anniversary of the death of P. Dennis Flannery (68) d. 1999 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Robert Kelly (79) d. 2005 at Lusaka, Zambia.