* History of Constantinople from the " New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.

In most English-speaking countries, the national episcopal conference decided to put the new translation into use from the first Sunday of Advent ( 27 November ) 2011.

For about 20 years, the Adventist movement consisted of a small loosely knit group of people who came from many churches whose primary means of connection and interaction was through James White's periodical, The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald.

Marking the festival's importance, in several denominations, such as the Lutheran and United Methodist churches ( and formerly in the Roman Catholic Church ), all the Sundays from the holiday itself until the next Advent in late November or December are designated the 2nd, 3rd, Nth, Sunday after Pentecost, etc.

The motet O magnum mysterium comes from the first volume ( printed in 1586 ) which covers the period from the first Sunday of Advent to the Septuagesima.

* An Anglican meditation on Delp's Advent sermons from Anglicans Online

The book itself, however, falls into five sections: —( a ) from Advent to Christmas ( cc.

1 — 5 ); ( b ) from Christmas to Septuagesima ( 6-30 ); ( e ) from Septuagesima to Easter ( 31-53 ); ( d ) from Easter Day to the octave of Pentecost ( 54-76 ); ( e ) from the octave of Pentecost to Advent ( 77-180 ).

From 1841, Millerite evangelists appeared in Great Britain, also, though he never travelled there himself. In addition to the nearly $ 1000 that Miller and Himes spent supplying literature to enquirers and evangelists in Great Britain ; “ there is evidence that Liverpool, Bristol, and other ports local Millerite pioneers borrowed copies of Miller ’ s works and Adventist magazines from visiting American sea captains and merchants .” As well as utilizing imported American literature, two Millerite papers were published locally in Great Britain: the Second Advent Harbinger in Bristol, and the British Midnight Cry in Liverpool.

On Christmas Eve, the Christ Candle in the center of the Advent wreath is traditionally lit in many church service s. In candlelight services, while singing Silent Night, each member of the congregation receives a candle and passes along their flame which is first received from the Christ Candle.

The Scenes from the Passion of Christ in the Galleria Sabauda of Turin and the Advent and Triumph of Christ in the Pinakothek of Munich, are illustrations of the habit in Flanders art of representing a cycle of subjects on the different planes of a single picture, where a wide expanse of ground is covered with incidents from the Passion in the form common to the action of sacred plays.

In January 2007 the British company Candover bought Parques Reunidos for 935 million Euro from Advent ( a financial group from Boston ) who paid 3 years before 240 million Euro.

Graham Nelson's Inform Designer's Manual presents " Advent " as the pioneer of the three-part structure typical of 1980s adventure games ; he identifies the " prologue " with the aboveground region of the game " whose presence lends a much greater sense of claustrophobia and depth to the underground bulk of the game ", the transition to the middle game as the " passage from the mundane to the fantastical ", and the endgame or " Master Game ".

His fight against Sephiroth in this game is based on their fights from Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children.

" His development in Advent Children was praised by Todd Douglass Jr. from DVD Talk as one of the best parts from the film.

Mary as Queen of Heaven is praised in the Salve Regina "( Hail Queen )", which is sung in the time from Trinity Sunday until the Saturday before the first Sunday of Advent.

The Alma Redemptoris Mater ( Loving Mother of our Savior ) is recited in the Catholic Church at Compline only from the first Sunday in Advent until the Feast of the Purification ( February 2 ).

Rose is the color for the Third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday from the Latin word meaning " to rejoice "-- also from the first line of the traditional entrance prayer ( called the Introit ) for the Mass of the third Sunday of Advent.

The British composer Bob Chilcott has set the Latin version of these antiphons for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir, under the title Advent Antiphons.

This new " Liturgy of the Hours " ( Liturgia Horarum in Latin ) is published by the Vatican in four volumes, arranged according to the liturgical seasons of the Church year .< ul >< li > Volume I: Advent & Christmastide < li > Volume II: Lent, the Sacred Triduum & Eastertide < li > Volume III: Weeks 1 to 17 of the Year < li > Volume IV: Weeks 18 to 34 of the Year </ ul >

The Church of the Advent of Christ the King, an Anglo-Catholic parish in San Francisco, regularly celebrates Mass according to the 1979 Prayer Book of its province, the Episcopal Church, in Latin.

This is in keeping with the liturgical seasons ; blue means hope and waiting, which aligns with the seasonal meaning of Advent.

Nomura felt that Advent Children was different from Hollywood films as in the latter the meaning of most scenes tends to be explained.

Nomura stated that the reason for the name Advent Pieces was because " advent " means " the recognition and commemoration of something ," while " pieces " was added in order to bring special meaning to the release.

Of those remaining Adventist, the majority gave up believing in any prophetic ( biblical ) significance for the October 22 date, yet they remained expectant of the near Advent ( second coming of Jesus ).

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming ( Advent ) of Jesus Christ.

The name refers to belief in the soon Second Advent of Jesus ( popularly known as the Second coming ) and resulted in several major religious denominations, including Seventh-day Adventists and Advent Christians.

In its Roman Rite the liturgical year begins with Advent, the time of preparation for both the celebration of Jesus ' birth, and his expected second coming at the end of time.

In the final few weeks of Ordinary Time, many churches direct attention to the coming of the Kingdom of God, thus ending the liturgical year with an eschatological theme that is one of the predominant themes of the season of Advent that began the liturgical year.

The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller who, in 1833, first shared publicly his belief in the coming Second Advent of Jesus Christ in roughly the year 1843.

# “ to consult on the best mode of unitedly carrying forth our work, in comforting and preparing the Advent congregations among us for the speedy coming of the Lord ,” and

They believe that mankind started in the garden of Eden, and point to Megiddo as the place that the current world system will finish, with the Advent of Messiah coming to rule for 1, 000 years.

In Christianity, wreaths are used to prepare for the Advent season or the " coming of Christ.

The Advent wreath is now a popular symbol in preparation for the coming of Christ, to mark the beginning of the Christian Church ’ s year and as décor during the Christmas festivities.

On 20 March 2008 the new Ambrosian Lectionary, superseding the 1976 experimental edition, and covering the whole liturgical year, was promulgated, coming into effect from the First Sunday of Advent 2008 ( 16 November 2008 ).

In Medieval times advent was a fast during which people's thoughts were directed to the expected second coming of Christ ; but in modern times it has been seen as the lead up to Christmas, and in that context Advent Wreath serves as a reminder of the approach of the feast.

Jonathan Cummings ( 1817 – 1894 ), a disciple of Miller who reset Miller's prediction of Christ's coming as 1854, was also influential on the individuals who founded the Advent Christian Association.

Advent Christian theologians, such as John H. Crouse, advocated an historicist view of the Book of Revelation, regarding it as a description of events from the time of the early church up to the second coming.

The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller who, in 1833, first shared publicly his belief in the coming Second Advent of Jesus Christ in roughly the year 1843.

Despite the otherwise somber readings of the season of Advent, which has as a secondary theme the need for penitence, the readings on the third Sunday emphasize the joyous anticipation of the Lord's coming.

During Advent and all the way until Epiphany, or the baptism of Jesus ( Sunday of January 6 ), the " gwiazdory ", or the star carriers walk through the villages.

As in Advent, the deacon and subdeacon of the pre-1970 form of the Roman Rite do not wear their habitual dalmatic and tunicle ( signs of joy ) in Masses of the season during Lent ; instead they wear " folded chasubles ", in accordance with the ancient custom.

Since 1646, this procession was organised by the " Sodales ", a religious confraternity, that organised a crossway during Advent time, under the leadership of the Norbertine monk Jacob Clou.

The year is divided into periods of about seven weeks each, called Shawu ' i ; these are Advent ( called Subara, " Annunciation "), Epiphany, Lent, Easter, the Apostles, Summer, " Elias and the Cross ", " Moses ", and the " Dedication " ( Qudash idta ).

Dürr describes it as a call to resistance and compares it to the beginning of the recitative " Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tür ", a call to be ready, in the cantata for Advent Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, also composed in 1714.

In the Advent Herald of April 24, Joshua Himes wrote that all the " expected and published time " had passed and admitted that they had been " mistaken in the precise time of the termination of the prophetic period ", while Josiah Litch surmised that they were probably " only in error relative to the event which marked its close.

In the Church of England, a similar situation arises with " Sundays after Trinity ", as Sundays in the second period of Ordinary Time are termed ( until the final four, which are termed " Sundays before Advent ").

" Edmund Bailey O ' Callaghan ", in New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911

* Ernst H. Kantorowicz, " The ' King's Advent ': And The Enigmatic Panels in the Doors of Santa Sabina ", The Art Bulletin, Vol.

Tracks on the album included new versions of " The Chase of Highway ", " Those Who Fight Further ", " Sign ", " Advent: One-Winged Angel ", and " On the Way to a Smile ".

To coincide with the release of Advent Children Complete in 2009, four more stories were written, " Case of Yuffie ", " Case of Red XIII ", " Case of Shinra " and " Case of Lifestream-Black & White ".

" Kotaku writer AJ Glasser spoofed the director's cut version in an article called " Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete in 15 Minutes ", claiming that the director's cut failed to explain aspects of the film that were not explained in the original version.

In the On the Way to a Smile novella " Case of Nanaki ", set between the original game and Advent Children, Vincent encounters his former comrade, Red XIII, who is fearful that he will soon be alone due to his lifespan being much longer than humans.

The paper which James White initially started, " The Present Truth ", was combined with another periodical called the " Advent Review " in 1850 to become the " Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald ".

The novella " Case of Tifa ", written as part of the On the Way to a Smile series, is a story set between the original game and Advent Children.

The song contains some segments which were later reworked into " Advent ", the opening track on their second album Morningrise.