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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
From Latin perfect passive participle '''adventus''', ''coming to'', from verb '''advenire''', ''come to'', from prefix '''ad-''', ''to'', + verb '''venire''', ''come''
From Latin perfect passive participle '''adventus''', ''coming to'', from verb '''advenire''', ''come to'', from prefix '''ad-''', ''to'', + verb '''venire''', ''come''
===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
/ˈæd.vɛnt/
/ˈæd.vɛnt/
===Definition===
===Definition===
# [[Coming]]; coming to; [[approach]]; [[arrival]].
# [[Coming]]; coming to; [[approach]]; [[arrival]].
# The first or the expected second coming of [[Christ]].
# The first or the expected second coming of [[Christ]].
# The period or season of the Christian church year between [[Advent Sunday]] and [[Christmas]].
# The period or season of the Christian church year between [[Advent Sunday]] and [[Christmas]].
===Translations===
===Translations===
coming, arrival
coming, arrival
*Finnish: saapua, saapuminen
*Finnish: saapua, saapuminen
*Kurdish: KUchar, دهرپهڕین
*Kurdish: KUchar, دهرپهڕین
==Gale==
==Gale==
===Advent===
===Advent===
===Candles and calendars===
===Candles and calendars===
Advent in the Christian sense refers to the four weeks before Christmas. The four Sundays of Advent are often traditionally celebrated with four [[candle]]s with one to be lit each Sunday. Each candle has a specific meaning associated with different aspects of the Advent story. The first one almost always symbolizes expectant [[hope]] and is sometimes associated with [[prophecy]]. The others are organized around characters or themes as a way to unfold the story and direct attention to the celebrations and worship in the season, such as [[Peace]], [[Love]], [[Joy]]. The third (and sometimes fourth) is generally symbolic of [[Joy]] at the imminence of the coming of Christ. A fifth, white or gold, candle -- called a "Christ Candle" -- is often lit in the center on [[Christmas Eve]] and/or [[Christmas Day]] to signify Christ's birth.<ref>[http://www.bibleresourcecenter.org/vsItemDisplay.dsp&objectID=E2406E66-96D6-42BE-88C3F7AF9E0B8C48&method=display Bible Resource Center: The Advent Wreath]</ref>
Advent in the Christian sense refers to the four weeks before Christmas. The four Sundays of Advent are often traditionally celebrated with four [[candle]]s with one to be lit each Sunday. Each candle has a specific meaning associated with different aspects of the Advent story. The first one almost always symbolizes expectant [[hope]] and is sometimes associated with [[prophecy]]. The others are organized around characters or themes as a way to unfold the story and direct attention to the celebrations and worship in the season, such as [[Peace]], [[Love]], [[Joy]]. The third (and sometimes fourth) is generally symbolic of [[Joy]] at the imminence of the coming of Christ. A fifth, white or gold, candle -- called a "Christ Candle" -- is often lit in the center on [[Christmas Eve]] and/or [[Christmas Day]] to signify Christ's birth.<ref>[http://www.bibleresourcecenter.org/vsItemDisplay.dsp&objectID=E2406E66-96D6-42BE-88C3F7AF9E0B8C48&method=display Bible Resource Center: The Advent Wreath]</ref>
====Eastern Orthodox tradition====
====Eastern Orthodox tradition====
In [[Eastern Orthodox]] churches — where it is also called the '''[[Nativity Fast]]''', '''Winter Lent''', or the '''Christmas Lent''' — it lasts forty days, beginning on [[November 15]] (for those churches using the [[Julian calendar]] this is equivalent to [[November 28]]), and in other [[church]]es from the Sunday nearest to [[St. Andrew's Day]] ([[November 30|30th of November]]) until Christmas. It is uncertain at what date the season began to be observed. A [[canon law|canon]] of a council at [[Saragossa]] in 380, forbidding the faithful to be absent from church during the three weeks from the [[December 17|17th of December]] to the [[Epiphany (feast)|Epiphany]], is thought to be an early reference to Advent. The first authoritative mention of it is in the [[Synod]] of [[Lerida]] (524), and since the sixth century, it has been recognized as the beginning of the Western [[ecclesiastical year]] (the Eastern ecclesiastical year begins on [[September 1]]).
In [[Eastern Orthodox]] churches — where it is also called the '''[[Nativity Fast]]''', '''Winter Lent''', or the '''Christmas Lent''' — it lasts forty days, beginning on [[November 15]] (for those churches using the [[Julian calendar]] this is equivalent to [[November 28]]), and in other [[church]]es from the Sunday nearest to [[St. Andrew's Day]] ([[November 30|30th of November]]) until Christmas. It is uncertain at what date the season began to be observed. A [[canon law|canon]] of a council at [[Saragossa]] in 380, forbidding the faithful to be absent from church during the three weeks from the [[December 17|17th of December]] to the [[Epiphany (feast)|Epiphany]], is thought to be an early reference to Advent. The first authoritative mention of it is in the [[Synod]] of [[Lerida]] (524), and since the sixth century, it has been recognized as the beginning of the Western [[ecclesiastical year]] (the Eastern ecclesiastical year begins on [[September 1]]).