Advent begins the Liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic and Anglican church year, this year, ends on Saturday the 26 th November 2022 . The following day 27th November., is Advent Sunday. The start of the Church year. Advent Sunday is a movable feast Next year it will be Sunday 3rd December 2023. Advent Sunday is always four Sunday's before Christmas Day. The word 'Advent' , from Latin, means the 'Coming' ; The Coming of Christmas. The Greek and Russian Orthodox churches work to a different calendar.
The first day of Advent varies each year as it falls on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. In 2021, Advent begins on Sunday, November 28th.
The first Sunday of Advent.
Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, which is the Sunday nearest November 30, and ends on Christmas Eve (Dec 24). If Christmas Eve is a Sunday, it is counted as the fourth Sunday of Advent, with Christmas Eve starting at sundown. The first Sunday may be as early as November 27. When this occurs, Advent has twenty-eight days. If the first Sunday of Advent is on December 3, Advent will only last twenty-one days.
The First Sunday of Advent begins on the preceding Saturday night with First Vespers (Evening Prayer on Saturday evening). The First Sunday of Advent is always the first of the four Sundays before Christmas on the 25th of December.
The yearly calendar begins JANUARY 1 but the liturgical calendar begins on the first Sunday of Advent
The church year starts on the First Sunday in Advent. The date can be calculated each year by counting four Sundays back from Christmas, so if Christmas is on a Monday the liturgical year started on December 3 and if Christmas is on a Sunday the liturgical year started on November 27.
The beginning of Advent which varies each year
Roman Catholic AnswerThe year of grace, 2012, begins with the First Sunday of Advent. This year we will be in cycle B.
The first day of the following liturgical seasons: The First Sunday of Advent (Advent) Christmas Mass at Midnight (Christmas) Monday after the Baptism of the Lord (Ordinary Time) Ash Wednesday (Lent) Dark on Holy Saturday (Easter) Matins & Lauds on Monday after Pentecost (Ordinary Time)
The first Sunday of Advent is when the new liturgical year is begun