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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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- 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
- Advent2007candlelight.JPG
- Holiday.caption
- Lighting the candles of an Advent wreath in a church service
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- Christians
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Article · 日本語
アドベント (Advent) は、キリスト教西方教会においてイエス・キリストの降誕を待ち望む期間のことである。日本語では待降節（たいこうせつ）、降臨節（こうりんせつ）、または待誕節（たいたんせつ）という。教派によって名称が異なり、主にカトリックや福音主義教会(ルター派)では待降節、聖公会では降臨節と呼ぶ。
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