The first Sunday of Advent.
Advent begins the Liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church
the Sunday that is the center of the entire church is Easter Sunday.
The cycle changes with the beginning of a new Liturgical Year on the first Sunday of Advent.
The First Sunday of Advent is liturgical "New Year's Day." The liturgical year re-presents the story of our salvation through Jesus's incarnation, so it begins with the whole Church keeping watch "until the Son of God appear."
The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year.
It is the last Sunday of the liturgical year.Because the liturgical year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, the end of the liturgical year is actually the Saturday after Christ the King.
Roman Catholic AnswerNo, the Liturgical Year starts four Sundays before Christmas with the season of Advent; which begins the week after the Solemnity of Christ the King-the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year.
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.
The last Sunday of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church is known as the Feast of Christ the King. It falls between 20 and 26 of November, depending on the year. On the old Church calendar, the feast of Christ the King fell on the last Sunday of October, leaving the last Sunday in the liturgical year to be marked by the 24th - 28th Sunday after Pentecost, depending on how late Easter had happened that year.
The church year or liturgical year ends with the Season of Pentecost, which begins on Pentecost Sunday, which is seven weeks after Resurrection Sunday, and ends on the eve of the first Sunday of Advent. The first Sunday of Advent, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day or the first Sunday after November 26, is the first day of the liturgical year.Catholic AnswerThe Church year ends with the feast of Christ the King, which is always the last Sunday of the liturgical year and is the rank of a solemnity.
The first Sunday of Advent is the first day of Advent. The date varies from year to year.
The first Sunday of Advent is when the new liturgical year is begun