• Advent songs (German: Adventslieder) are songs and hymns intended for Advent, the four weeks of preparation for Christmas. Topics of the time of expectation...
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    Advent is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of...
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  • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 2005 Japanese computer-animated film directed by Tetsuya Nomura, written by Kazushige Nojima, and produced by Yoshinori...
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    An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the First...
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    An Advent candle is a candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve. It is typically used in a household rather than a church setting: each...
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  • "Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent" (We announce the dear Advent to you) is an Advent song with German text by Maria Ferschl written in 1954, and a melody...
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    fröhlich im Advent" (Sing merrily in Advent) is an Advent song with German text and melody by Gottfried Neubert written in 1977. The song is part of the...
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    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...
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    The Advent wreath, or Advent crown, is a Christian tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks of Advent in the liturgical calendar of the...
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    Rorate caeli (redirect from Advent Prose)
    the Western Church during Advent. The text is frequently sung to plainsong at Mass and in the Divine Office during Advent where it gives expression to...
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  • Look up Advent or advent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Advent is a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas. It is synonymous with the...
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    come, Emmanuel" (Latin: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel") is a Christian hymn for Advent, which is also often published in books of Christmas carols. The text was...
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    O Antiphons (redirect from Advent Antiphons)
    (also known as the Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os) are Magnificat antiphons used at Vespers on the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions...
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    Gaudete Sunday (/ɡaʊˈdɛtɛ/ gow-DET-eh) is the third Sunday of Advent in the liturgical calendar of Western Christianity, including the Roman Catholic Church...
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  • 2016). "Advent Premiere Brand New Song "Weight of the World"". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved January 21, 2017. "Advent "Shadow of Death" song premiere"...
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    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (category Advent songs)
    printed in the Erfurt Enchiridion of 1524. The song was the prominent hymn for the first Sunday of Advent for centuries. It was used widely in organ settings...
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  • Veni redemptor gentium (category Advent songs)
    nations) is a Latin Advent or Christmas hymn by Ambrose of Milan in iambic tetrameter. The hymn is assigned to the Office of Readings for Advent, from 17 December...
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    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (category Advent songs)
    Traditions Advent calendar Advent candle Christingle Hanging of the greens Christmas markets List Stir-up Sunday Advent wreath Moravian star Songs and hymns...
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    works by Johannes Brahms and Herbert Howells. The Chrismon tree and the Advent calendar have been used by Christians, who may use the term "Jesse Tree"...
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    College Chapel, Cambridge. Mendelssohn's melody has been used for a 1990 Advent song in German, "In das Warten dieser Welt" (Into the waiting of this world)...
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    1716 for Advent. He expanded the Advent cantata in six movements to ten movements in two parts in the new work. While the text of the Advent cantata was...
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  • Advent Rising is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game was released...
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    Saint Nicholas Day (category Advent)
    the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra; it falls within the season of Advent. It is celebrated as a Christian festival with particular regard to Saint...
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    illuminated decoration used during the Christian liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany representing the Star of Bethlehem pointing towards...
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    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (category Advent songs)
    its prophetic theme, the hymn is popular during the Christian season of Advent. The hymn has its roots in an unknown author before the 17th century. It...
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    durch ein Dornwald ging" (Maria walks amid the thorns), traditional Advent song "Segne du, Maria" (Bless, you, Mary), 1870 text by Cordula Wöhler, a...
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    Lo! He comes with clouds descending (category Advent songs)
    words of Cennick and Wesley's Advent hymn...The source from whence 'Olivers' was derived seems to have been a concert-room song commencing 'Guardian angels...
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    Dynazty (redirect from Final Advent)
    album, Final Advent. The first single, "Advent", was released on 29 October 2021, followed by "Power of Will" on 3 December 2021. Final Advent was officially...
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    in a hymnal, and in America, was in 1784 in Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs: for the use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians compiled by...
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  • were released in Japan in February and June 2012, and the third film, The Advent, was released in February 2013. In North America, Viz Media has licensed...
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