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Advent is a period of 4 Sundays before Christmas it is in preperation for celebrating Christ's birth. You certainly could find out more about it by talking to any Catholic priest at a church parish.
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October comes before November. It is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, followed by November, which is the eleventh month.
The Gregorian Calendar has become the standard civil calendar used worldwide. It was introduced by Pope Gregory and took hundreds of years to be accepted as a global standard. Before that, the Julian Calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar, was the civil and religious calendar used in Christian lands. The Julian Calendar is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and a few other places. The Jewish Calendar, Islamic calendar, Hindu Calendar and Chinese Calendar all serve to set the dates of festivals celebrated by their respective communities, as well as being used for various other purposes. Various indigenous groups around the world may also have calendars, but to be a formal calendar and not merely a way to recon time, it needs a system of recording dates, which is to day, calendars are for literate cultures. One important calendar is left out above: The Mayan calendar. It is no longer in use, having been forcefully replaced by the Gregorian Calendar when the Conquistadors invaded, but it has been decoded, and you can find software to convert between Gregorian and Mayan dates.
The advent calendar got its name because the days leading up to Christmas, Christmas itself, and a few days after Christmas are called advent. Advent calendars are calendars that count down the days of advent, or the days before Christmas.
Advent
An Advent Calendar is used, especially by children, to count down to Christmas.
The origin of the Advent calendar came from Europe's German Lutherans in the early 19th Century to celebrate the 24 days before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Advent is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Depending on where Christmas falls in the calendar, it could last four to five weeks.
Advent means "Coming." It is part of the Christian church calendar. During Advent Christians celebrate the coming preparation and anticipation of the coming of the Christ child at Christmas.
Advent does not always start on the same day because it is based on the liturgical calendar, which is tied to the date of Christmas. Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, which means its start date can vary between November 27 and December 3. This variation is due to the way the calendar is structured, with Christmas falling on December 25 each year.
Advent occurs on the liturgical calendar four Sundays before Christmas, marking the beginning of the Christian liturgical year. It typically starts on the Sunday closest to November 30, the feast of St. Andrew, and lasts until Christmas Eve. Advent is a season of preparation and anticipation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Advent includes the 4 weeks before Christmas.
Advent is in secular time, the time in which we prepare for Christmas. The first coming of Christ in the Incarnation. Advent is the time in which the faithful prepare themselves spiritually for the SECOND COMING of Christ.
For many people the beginning of the Christmas season begins the day after Thanksgiving. According to the church the Christmas season begins four Sundays before Christmas day. This time is called Advent.
The celebration of Advent comprises the four weeks before Christmas.