Advent ends at midnight on December 24th. After that we are into the Christmas season which starts with Christmas Day on 25th and finishes on January 6th ('Twelfth Night') at the feast of the Epiphany - the time when we remember the wise men visiting Jesus.
The primary purpose of Advent is to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Our Lord on Christmas Day. The secondary purpose is to prepare for His Second Coming at the end of time.
Ordinary Time in the Catholic Church runs from the end of Christmas to the day before Lent. The second time Ordinary Time begins is the day after Pentecost, and then it runs up until Advent.
It ends on Christmas Eve with the start of Midnight Mass.AnswerAdvent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and ends on the day before Christmas. Thus it begins on 27 November 2011 and ends on 24 December.
You open the first window of the advent calendar on the first day of December.
Advent is celebrated primarily to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. It is celebrated secondarily to prepare for His second coming at the end of time.
Since there are four Sundays of Advent I can only assume it will end on Sunday December 19, 2010. It will begin on November 28th and end December 19th 2010.Roman Catholic AnswerAdvent ends with Evening Prayer I (First Vespers) of Christmas in the evening of December 24.
Advent Episcopal Day School was created in 1951.
It is the end of the church year in Ordinary time. The seasonof Advent follows
An advent calendar is a calendar, used to count down the days of advent, after each day of advent goes past the owner would open a window, revealing a hidden picture or gift each day.
Advent is a memorial of the 4000 years the Jews waited for the Messiah. It is also a time to reflect on our lives and prepare ourselves for the birth of Christ that is commemorated at Christmas.
Ordinary time means that it is not during Lent, Advent or any other feast day like All Saints day, Christmas, Easter, etc.
Ordinary Time is broken into two segments: The time from the end of the Christmas Season until Ash Wednesday and the time from the end of the Easter Season until the beginning of Advent.