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.
The first Sunday of Advent is Sunday, November 28, 2010.
The first Sunday of Advent.
In 2008, the first Advent Sunday will be on November 30.
Advent begins the Liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church
Advent 2013 began on Sunday the 1st of December.
The first Sunday in Advent.
The first Sunday of Advent is the first day of Advent. The date varies from year to year.
This year (2009) Advent begins on Sunday, November 29th.
The first candle is lit on the first Sunday of Advent. Each succeeding Sunday an additional candle is lit until all four are lit on the forth Sunday of Advent.
The Advent Wreath is put up on the first Sunday of Advent.
The Catholic and Anglican church year, this year, ends on Saturday the 26 th November 2022 . The following day 27th November., is Advent Sunday. The start of the Church year. Advent Sunday is a movable feast Next year it will be Sunday 3rd December 2023. Advent Sunday is always four Sunday's before Christmas Day. The word 'Advent' , from Latin, means the 'Coming' ; The Coming of Christmas. The Greek and Russian Orthodox churches work to a different calendar.
Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, which is the Sunday nearest November 30, and ends on Christmas Eve (Dec 24). If Christmas Eve is a Sunday, it is counted as the fourth Sunday of Advent, with Christmas Eve starting at sundown. The first Sunday may be as early as November 27. When this occurs, Advent has twenty-eight days. If the first Sunday of Advent is on December 3, Advent will only last twenty-one days.