Advent

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.

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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
Holiday.observedby: Christians

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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

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.