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Advent (which means arrival) is the term given to the season before Christmas, and it always begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day.
Advent begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. Lent is the 40 days before Easter.
The season of "Advent" which begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.
It is the feast of Corpus Christi, the last Sunday of the church calendar year, which is the Sunday before Advent begins
The church year starts on the First Sunday in Advent. The date can be calculated each year by counting four Sundays back from Christmas, so if Christmas is on a Monday the liturgical year started on December 3 and if Christmas is on a Sunday the liturgical year started on November 27.
Yes, Lent ends on Holy Thursday and the Easter Triduum begins.
Easter Sunday begins the Easter season which ends with Trinity Sunday.
No. The week before Easter Sunday (from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday) is called Holy Week. It is also the last week of the 40 day period of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday. Officially, Easter Week is the week that begins on Easter Sunday. There are also 40 days in the period of Easter, beginning on Easter Sunday, which is actually only the First Sunday of Easter.
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.
Holy Week
The beginning of Advent which varies each year
The First Sunday of Advent begins on the preceding Saturday night with First Vespers (Evening Prayer on Saturday evening). The First Sunday of Advent is always the first of the four Sundays before Christmas on the 25th of December.