Advent
Sign in to saveAdvent is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of waiting and preparation for both the celebration of Jesus's birth at Christmas and Jesus's return at the Second Coming. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, often referred to as Advent Sunday. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The name comes from Latin ('coming; arrival'), translating the Greek from the New Testament, originally referring to the Second Coming.
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Advent is a period of spiritual preparation observed by most Christian churches that starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and focuses on waiting for both Jesus's birth celebration at Christmas and his promised future return. The season marks the beginning of the Christian liturgical year in Western Christianity and takes its name from the Latin word for "coming" or "arrival."
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Key facts
- Holiday.observances
- Church services, completing an Advent calendar and Advent wreath, praying through a daily devotional, erecting a Chrismon tree, hanging of the greens, lighting a Christingle, gift giving, family and other social gatherings
- Holiday.type
- Christian
- Holiday.longtype
- Christian, cultural
- Holiday.significance
- Preparation for the Second Coming and commemoration of the birth of Jesus
- Holiday.relatedto
- Christmastide, Christmas Eve, Annunciation, Epiphany, Epiphanytide, Baptism of the Lord, Nativity Fast, Nativity of Jesus
- Holiday.duration
- 22–28 days
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
- Holiday.begins
- Fourth (or, in the Ambrosian and Mozarabic Rites, sixth) Sunday before Christmas
- Holiday.scheduling
- Christmas day of week-based
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Advent
- Holiday.image
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Dates
- Significance
- History
- Traditions
- Liturgical colour
- Music
- Fasting
- Local rites
- Advent wreath
- Four Sundays
- Roman Catholic Church
- Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist traditions
- Other weekly theme variations
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Advent is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of waiting and preparation for both the celebration of Jesus's birth at Christmas and Jesus's return at the Second Coming. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, often referred to as Advent Sunday. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The name comes from Latin ('coming; arrival'), translating the Greek from the New Testament, originally referring to the Second Coming.
The season of Advent in the Christian calendar anticipates the "coming of Christ" from three different perspectives: the physical nativity in Bethlehem, the reception of Christ in the heart of the believer, and the eschatological Second Coming.