purple
actually the color is violet
Violet is the liturgical color used for Advent. However, on the Third Sunday of Advent the liturgical color can be rose.
I believe that the liturgical color is different... a shade of purple.
The Season after Advent (liturgical color - Purple) is Christmas (liturgical color - gold/white) then follows Epiphany, [in some calendars the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord precedes (red) is the Last Sunday before the beginning of "Ordinary Time") Sundays After Epiphany also known as "Ordinary Time" (liturgical color - green) to Lent (liturgical color - purple) then to Easter and the Sundays after Easter (liturgical color gold/white) , on to Pentecost, (the liturgical color for Pentecost is red) followed by Sundays after Pentecost again, "Ordinary Time" (the liturgical color for Sundays after Pentecost and "Ordinary Time is green) [in some calendars the last Sunday in Ordinary Time is the "Feast of Christ the King) and then Advent starts all over again.
The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical year.
advent
The beginning of Advent which varies each year
Yes, it is. The first Sunday of Advent is the very first day of the Liturgical Year.
Advent begins the Liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church
Easter is the center of the liturgical year.
Advent is a time of preparation and penance, symbolized by the color purple, so flowers are not used until the joy of Christmas.
Roman Catholic AnswerYes, Advent begins the liturgical year, four Sundays before Christmas each year. The Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent is Christ the King which ends the liturgical year.
The anagram is advent (the capitalized form Advent is a liturgical period).