Editing Advent (section)

== Dates ==

In the [[Anglican]], [[Lutheran church|Lutheran]], [[Moravian Church|Moravian]], [[Presbyterian]], and [[Methodism|Methodist]] calendars, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas (the Sunday that falls on or closest to 30&nbsp;November, always between 27&nbsp;November and 3&nbsp;December; it is the Sunday between the last Thursday of November and the first Thursday of December), and ends by [[Christmas Eve]] on 24&nbsp;December.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advent and Christmas |website=The Church of England (churchofengland.org) |lang=en |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/what-we-believe/advent-and-christmas |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Advent |department=Festivals – GCSE Religious Studies Revision |series=Bitesize guides |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |lang=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zkc86sg/revision/1 |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref> In the [[Roman Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]], Advent begins with the [[Vespers|First Vespers]] of the First Sunday in Advent and ends with the [[Deus, in adiutorium meum intende|Deus, in adiutorium]] of the First Vespers of Christmas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liturgical notes for Advent |website=USCCB.org |publisher=[[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]] |url=https://www.usccb.org/prayer-worship/liturgical-year/advent }}</ref> The first day of Advent also begins a new [[liturgical year]].

In the [[Ambrosian Rite]] and the [[Mozarabic Rite]] of the Catholic Church, Advent begins on the sixth Sunday before Christmas (the Sunday that falls on or closest to 16&nbsp;November, always between 13&nbsp;November and 19&nbsp;November; it is the Sunday before the third Tuesday of November).