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");
}
?>
[411] Deut 4:32-40;Ps 77:12-13, 14-15, 16+21; Matt 16:24-28.
Hours of the day.
red
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins Readings from the Common of Saints: [617A] Hos 2:16bc, 17cd, 21-22 (#731.2); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#733.1); Matt 25:1-13 (#736.2).
Optional
Anniversary:
69th anniversary of the death of P. David Brand (79) d. 1950 at Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
1st anniversary of the death of P. Clemens Freyer (ZIM) (82) d. 2018 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
29th birthday of S. Reuben C. NAZOMBE (born this day in 1990).
Birthday:
19th birthday of *NS. Eric Macharia KIBUCHI (AOR) (born this day in 2000).