Advent Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''. In ...

is a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas. It is synonymous with the secularized Christmas season. Advent may also refer to:

Religion

Second Coming The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian (as well as Islamic and Baha'i) belief that Jesus will return again after his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The idea is based on messi ...

, the return of Jesus to Earth in Christian belief * Nativity Fast, Advent in the Eastern Orthodox Church * ''The Advent'' (magazine), a magazine published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Places

Advent, Cornwall Advent ( kw, Sen Adhwynn; cy, Santes Dwynwen) is a civil parish on the north-western edge of Bodmin Moor in north Cornwall, England.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The English name St Adwenna derives from the Co ...

, United Kingdom, a civil parish * Advent, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community

Technology

* Advent Computers, a computer brand produced by British company DSG International * Advent Corporation, a company founded by Henry Kloss that made speakers and home audio equipment *

Advent Software SS&C Advent (formerly Advent Software) is a business unit of SS&C Technologies. Advent Software was founded in 1983 by Steve Strand and Stephanie DiMarco. DiMarco served as president and CEO until June 2012, at which point she stepped down and w ...

, a financial software company based in San Francisco *

Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology The ADaptive Versatile ENgine Technology (or ADVENT) program is an aircraft engine development program run by the United States Air Force with the goal of developing an efficient adaptive cycle, or variable cycle engine for next generation mili ...

, or ADVENT, an aircraft engine development program run by the US Air Force * Advent (Voxx International), a brand of speakers, hi-fi equipment and computer peripherals

Computer games

* '' Colossal Cave Adventure'' or ''ADVENT'', a 1970s computer game * ''

Mega Man ZX Advent ''Mega Man ZX Advent'', known in Japan as , is an action-platform video game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. The game was first released in Japan on July 12, 2007; in North America on ...

'', a 2007 video game * ''

Advent Rising ''Advent Rising'' is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game was released on May 31, 2005, for Xbox and on August 9, 2005, for Microsoft Windows. Its story wa ...

'', a 2005 video game * A faction in the game ''

Sins of a Solar Empire ''Sins of a Solar Empire'' is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that incorporates ...

'' * ADVENT, the faction opposing the player in '' XCOM 2''

Companies

* Advent International, a global buyout firm *

Advent (publisher) Advent:Publishers is an American publishing house. It was founded by Earl Kemp and other members of the University of Chicago Science Fiction Club, including Sidney Coleman, in 1955, to publish criticism, history, and bibliography of the science ...

, a publisher of science fiction books

Music

The Advent The Advent is a British electronic music act. It was founded in 1993 by Cisco Ferreira and Colin McBean. Soon after leaving school, Ferreira began working as an engineer at Jack Trax Records, a job which enabled him to glimpse first-hand the wor ...

, a British electronic music band * Advent (band), an American hardcore punk band * "Advent", a song by Opeth from the album '' Morningrise''

Other uses

* ''Advent'' (film), a 2016 film by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi * ''Advent'' Trilogy, a series of fantasy novels by James Treadwell

People

* Advent Bangun, Indonesian actor and martial arts artist {{Disambiguation