During the darkest days of winter, Christians prepare for one of their religion’s most important holidays during the season of Advent
. Lasting roughly four weeks, it’s a season of candlelight, reflection, and expectation—a chance to get ready for Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
The season’s dates vary from year to year. In 2022, Advent begins on Sunday, November 27, and ends on Saturday, December 24., the Latin word for “arrival.” As the Christian church solidified in the fifth century A.D., so did traditions around December 25. Historians have the first formal Advent celebrations to northern Italy, where churchgoers observed a weeks-long preparation for Christmas that involved fasting, prayer, and reflection on Christian values.a five-week “St. Martin’s Lent” that included fasts and abstaining from sexual intercourse leading up to Christmas., the church’s annual cycle of feast days and Scripture readings. Much like their ancestors, modern Christians see it as a season of preparation in honor of Christ.
Each Sunday has a traditional meaning and prayers and readings assigned to it; they represent, in order, the Christian of love, joy, hope, and peace. For believers, Advent represents a multi-faceted period during which to prepare for the birth of Christ, celebrate faith in and conversion to Christianity, and anticipate the eventual resurrection of the son of God.Considered a season of light in the dark apex of winter, Advent is symbolized in the church by a candlelit evergreen wreath.
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