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");
}
?>
Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the elderly (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "We pray for the elderly, who represent the roots and memory of a people; may their experience and wisdom help young people to look towards the future with hope and responsibility."
8 Friday
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Friday of the fourteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[387] Hos 14:2-10;Ps 51:3-4, 8-9; 12-13, 14+17; Matt 10:16-23.
Hours of the day.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Aquila and Priscilla (cf. Acts 18:1-2a) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
35th anniversary of the death of P. Thaddeus Walczek (81) d. 1987 at Johannesburg, RSA.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Barata (83) d. 2008 at PĂłvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
Anniversary:
11th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin McElhatton (77) d. 2011 at Boscombe, England.