| 词条 | Advent Sunday |
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|holiday_name = Advent Sunday |type = Christianity |image = Advent Sunday in Vaxholm's church 2008.jpg |caption = Lighting the first candle in Vaxholm Church, Advent Sunday 2008 |observedby = Western Christianity |date = Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day |celebrations = Season of Advent |observances = |relatedto = Christmas Day |frequency = annual |duration = 1 day }}Advent Sunday, also called the First Sunday of Advent or First Advent Sunday, among the Western Christian Churches, is the first day of the liturgical year and the start of the season of Advent.[1] BackgroundIn Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist churches the celebrant wears violet-coloured or blue vestments on this day, and the first violet or blue Advent candle is lit in the worship service. In the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran former national Church, the Liturgical colour is specifically white: the motivation is that the day is a joyful feast (the colour is changed to blue, the traditional colour for Advent in Scandinavia, or—if the church does not possess blue vestments—violet, after 6 p.m.). {{bibleverse|Zechariah|9:9–10|NIV}} and {{bibleverse|Matthew|21:1–9|NIV}} are always read in the service, and the symbolism of the day is that Christ enters the church. Likewise, in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, Advent also "begins with First Vespers (Evening Prayer I) of the Sunday that falls on or closest to 30 November and it ends before First Vespers (Evening Prayer I) of Christmas".[2][3] The colour violet or purple is used in Advent, but where it is the practice the colour rose may be used on Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent).[4] In the Ambrosian Rite and the Mozarabic Rite, the First Sunday in Advent comes two weeks earlier than in the Roman, being on the Sunday after St. Martin's Day (11 November), six weeks before Christmas.[5] Advent Sunday is the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day. This is equivalent to the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day, 30 November, and the Sunday following the Feast of Christ the King. It can fall on any date between 27 November and 3 December. When Christmas Day is a Monday, Advent Sunday will fall on its latest possible date. It is possible to compute the date of Advent Sunday by adding three days to the date of the last Thursday of November; it can also be computed as the Sunday before the first Thursday of December. See also{{Portal|Advent}}{{wiktionary}}
References1. ^Oxford English Dictionary. Second edition, 1989. "Advent Sunday, the first Sunday in Advent, the Sunday nearest to the thirtieth of November." {{Advent}}{{Liturgical year of the Catholic Church}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Addis|first1=William E.|last2=Press|first2=Aeterna|title=A Catholic Dictionary|year=1961|publisher=Aeterna Press|page=33|quote=ADVENT, SEASON OF. The period, of between three and four weeks from Advent Sunday (which is always the Sunday nearest to the fest of St. Andrew) to Christmas eve, is named by the Church the season of Advent.}} 3. ^Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year, 40–41 4. ^General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 346 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=hfVdAAAAQBAJ&pg=PP42&dq=Ambrosian+Advent&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gWOaVP3QKqqy7Qbg_4GgDg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Ambrosian%20Advent&f=false Philip H. Pfatteicher, Journey into the Heart of God] (Oxford University Press 2013 {{ISBN|978-0-19999714-5}}) 4 : Advent|Christian Sunday observances|November observances|December observances |
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