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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Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II
[283] Acts 13:26-33;Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab; John 14:1-6.
Hours of the day.
white SJ
Bl. John Sullivan, SJ, priest Texts in the Jesuit Supplement
Optional
(From the Common of Holy Men & Women: For Teachers, or from the Common for Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22. II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26. III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16. Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)
Anniversary:
100th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Sykes (66) d. 1920 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
61st anniversary of the death of P. Augustine Ganley (59) d. 1959 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
45th anniversary of the death of P. Terence Corrigan (59) d. 1975 at London, England.
Anniversary:
28th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Sommer (77) d. 1992 at Clarkston, USA.