Advent vs. Epiphany — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Advent and Epiphany
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Advent
Advent is a season of the liturgical year observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity, and is part of the wider Christmas and holiday season.
Epiphany
The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
Advent
The coming or arrival of something or someone that is important or worthy of note
The advent of the computer.
Epiphany
A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.
Advent
The liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and in Eastern churches in mid-November, and observed by many Christians as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence.
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Epiphany
Epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi, traditionally observed on January 6.
Advent
The coming of Jesus at the Incarnation.
Epiphany
A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.
Advent
See Second Coming.
Epiphany
A sudden insight or intuitive understanding
"He had a painful epiphany about the absurdity of the job and quit" (Aleksandar Hemon).
Advent
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
Epiphany
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
It came to her in an epiphany what her life's work was to be.
Advent
The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
Epiphany
A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
Advent
The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
Epiphany
(Christianity) Epiphany.
Advent
Coming; any important arrival; approach.
Death's dreadful advent.
Expecting still his advent home.
Epiphany
An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris.
Advent
Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous);
The advent of the computer
Epiphany
A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
Advent
The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
Epiphany
A divine manifestation
Advent
(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
Epiphany
Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
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