A Christian liturgical season, Advent is the period of preparation for both Christmas and the Second Coming of Christ.一个基督教礼仪季节，是来临期间的准备工作，都在圣诞节和第二次来的基督。 It extends over the four Sundays preceding Christmas.它延伸到四个星期日之前的圣诞节。 Festivities are discouraged, and the solemn character of the period is demonstrated by the use of purple vestments.庆祝活动是气馁，和庄严的性质期间，是所表现出来的使用紫色vestments 。 Fasting was formerly prescribed.空腹的前身是明。 The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the church year.第一周日的到来，标志着教会年。
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Advent (adventus, coming, arrival) is the season of the ecclesiastical year when the church prepares to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas) and engages in self-examination in expectation of his second coming in glory to judge the living and the dead.来临（ adventus ，未来，抵达） ，是本赛季的教会年时，教会准备庆祝耶稣基督诞生的（圣诞节）和从事的自我检查在期望他第二次来，在荣耀判断活人与死人。 The collects and Scripture readings embrace these two themes.该收集和经文读拥抱这两个主题。 It begins in the West on the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day (Nov. 30) and always includes four Sundays.它首先在西方国家对周日最接近圣安德鲁日（ 11月30日）始终包括四个星期日。 However, in the East the period is longer, beginning earlier in November.然而，在东方的期间较长，开始在11月稍早。 During the Middle Ages and earlier the period was marked by discipline and fasting (based on "watch and pray"), but in modern times this emphasis has not been prominent.在中世纪和更早时期的标志是纪律和空腹（基于“观赏和祈祷” ） ，但在现代的时代，这强调尚未突出。
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Evolution of the Christian Year.机管局亚瑟，演变基督教年。
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