They have no proper Office for Advent; neither do they celebrate during this time the Mass of the Presanctified, as they do in Lent. There are only in the Offices for the saints, whose feasts ...

Ellen O’Brian hadn’t bought a candy-filled advent calendar in years, but when she saw the festive cardboard box with little numbered panels in her local natural foods store, she couldn’t resist.

“We believe the birth is prophesized, and when observing Advent, the mind becomes focused on it. Even those who are not Christian may recognize him as a teacher.” One of the ...

The High Mass on Advent Sunday has always been celebrated in the Sistine Chapel, but that room could not hold even a fraction of the Bishops now in Rome, unless everybody else was to be excluded.

In Eastern Christianity, Advent begins in mid-November. The word comes from the Latin ‘adventus’, which means ‘arrival’. During this period, Christians prepare to celebrate Christ’s ...

New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday extended greetings on the occasion of Hindu Nav Varsha being celebrated with different names in various regions of the country.