December is almost here, which means it is almost the start of the Advent season. While many equate Advent with calendars full of treats leading up to Christmas Day on Dec. 25, Advent is a term ...

With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas ...

If these documents do not tell us what was the duration and what the exercises of this holy season, they at least show us how ancient was the practice of distinguishing the time of Advent by ...

This Advent, don't allow yourself to reach DTE 0. Instead, fill up now on the true meaning of Christmas. Allow yourself to be full of the understanding of this season, to share it with your family ...

As snow blanketed Brandon this December, churches across the city embraced Advent, a season of “spiritual preparation” marked by prayer, reflection, and acts of kindness. As we navigate ...

As the liturgical season of Advent comes to a close, here are three different ways people around the world celebrate the season – with food. When immigrants from Italy made their way to the ...

In a world where wars, turbulence and insecurity rage in numerous locales, the Advent season is a time of stillness and contemplation, of silence and the hope for new birth. "For those in the ...

May these Advent themes not fade with the passing season but become the daily adornments of our lives throughout the year ...

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The Advent season is about preparing our hearts, minds and souls to welcome the birth of the King of Kings. It is those magical and mystical weeks after Thanksgiving that lead to Christmas — and ...

We are in the Season of Epiphany. Already, we have passed Advent and the Season of Christmas. Next will be the Lenten season.