Advent

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Christian liturgical season period of preparation

Advent is a Christian liturgical season of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Advent canonical	31
Advent season	9
Advent Sunday	1
Advent calendar	1
Advent period	1
Ambrosian Advent season	1
Fourth Sunday of Advent	1
Kiahk (Advent month with special praises)	1
Nativity Fast	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgical season ⓘ period of preparation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Advent ⓘ surface form: Advent season season of Advent ⓘ
associatedSymbol	Advent calendar ⓘ Advent candles ⓘ Advent wreath ⓘ Jesse Tree ⓘ
associatedWith	Christmas ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ
beginsOn	fourth Sunday before Christmas in Western Christianity ⓘ
contrastsWith	Christmas season as a time of celebration rather than preparation ⓘ
duration	approximately four weeks in Western Christianity ⓘ
emphasizes	hope ⓘ joy ⓘ peace ⓘ repentance ⓘ
endsOn	December 24 in Western Christianity ⓘ
etymology	from Latin "adventus" meaning "coming" or "arrival" ⓘ
focusesOn	Nativity of Christ ⓘ surface form: Nativity of Jesus
includes	Gaudete Sunday ⓘ
liturgicalCharacter	season of hopeful expectation ⓘ season of preparation ⓘ
liturgicalColor	blue in some Protestant traditions ⓘ purple ⓘ violet ⓘ
musicIncludes	Advent hymns such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" ⓘ
observedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodist Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church Western Christianity ⓘ many Protestant denominations ⓘ
partOf	Christian liturgical year ⓘ
precedes	Christmas season ⓘ
purpose	expectant waiting ⓘ preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
symbolizes	anticipation of the birth of Jesus ⓘ coming of Christ ⓘ expectation of Christ's second coming ⓘ
typicalPractice	daily or weekly Scripture readings ⓘ fasting or penitential practices in some traditions ⓘ lighting candles on an Advent wreath ⓘ singing Advent hymns ⓘ special prayers of preparation ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantSeason → Advent ⓘ

Christmas → preparationSeason → Advent ⓘ

Christmas → relatedHoliday → Advent ⓘ

Byzantine Rite → hasLiturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nativity Fast

Coptic Rite → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kiahk (Advent month with special praises)

Advent → alsoKnownAs → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Christmastide → follows → Advent ⓘ

Christmastide → relatedTo → Advent ⓘ

Methodist churches → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Advent ⓘ

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols → followsLiturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ

General Roman Calendar → hasComponent → Advent ⓘ

Christmas pageants → hasSeason → Advent ⓘ

Christmas Eve → marksEndOf → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

December → containsEvent → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Gaudete Sunday → partOf → Advent ⓘ

Gaudete Sunday → precedes → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Gaudete Sunday → category → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent Sunday

Jesse Tree → usedDuring → Advent ⓘ

Jesse Tree → relatedTo → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent calendar

Schwibbogen candle arches → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ

Nuremberg gingerbread → isAssociatedWith → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Marian antiphons → associatedWithSeason → Advent ⓘ

Feast of Saint Ambrose → timeOfYear → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Lille Christmas market → timeOfYear → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Mysteria Gaudiosa → hasLiturgicalContext → Advent ⓘ

Christian culture → hasHoliday → Advent ⓘ

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesSeason → Advent ⓘ

Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar → regulates → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Introductory Rites → liturgicalSeasonVariation → Advent ⓘ

Penitential Act → hasLiturgicalSeasonNuance → Advent ⓘ

Liturgy of the Eucharist → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ

Feast of the Seven Fishes in Italian-American tradition → holidayAssociation → Advent ⓘ

subject surface form: Feast of the Seven Fishes

O Come O Come Emmanuel → associatedWithSeason → Advent ⓘ

subject surface form: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Joy to the World → associatedWithHoliday → Advent ⓘ

Stump of Jesse → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ

Vigil of Christmas → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ

Second Sunday of Advent → partOf → Advent ⓘ

Second Sunday of Advent → occursDuring → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Second Sunday of Advent → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ

First Sunday of Advent (with different counting than Roman Rite) → marksBeginningOf → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambrosian Advent season

Third Sunday of Advent → partOf → Advent ⓘ

O Antiphons → usedDuring → Advent ⓘ

Proper of the Season → hasSection → Advent ⓘ

O Little Town of Bethlehem → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ

Ore Mountain folk tradition → seasonalPeak → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent season

Gouda by Candlelight → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advent period

Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars) → observesSeason → Advent ⓘ

subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church