Advent is observed from Dec. 1 to Dec. 24 in 2024. Christmas is Dec. 25. Advent is the start of the Christian church's liturgical year. It starts four weeks ahead of Christmas, usually the last ...

Advent is four weeks long and marks the beginning of the Christian year. The first Sunday of Advent is always four Sundays before Christmas, which means it could be as early as 27 November.

Many Advent customs involve counting the days until Christmas begins, such as the secular use of a chocolate advent calendar. There are different readings on each of the four Sundays leading up to ...

The tradition of Advent will help your children grow in their love for Jesus who came and is coming again soon. Help keep The Christian Post free for all. Make a donation to The Christian Post.

And it’s this second half that seems more likely to wiggle its way into human hearts than the more abstract first chunk (I ...

Build. Plant. Grow. provides catechetical instruction for children based on the Sunday readings of the Christian Church during the period beginning with Advent up to and including the closure of the ...

What season is it? Our lives are governed by seasons: the four seasons of weather, hunting season, baseball season, and so on. I recently saw a commercial for a cell phone company, playing off ...