Advent (disambiguation)

Advent 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 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, 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, a financial software company based in San Francisco
• Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology, 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, a 2007 video game
• Advent Rising, a 2005 video game
• A faction in the game Sins of a Solar Empire
• ADVENT, the faction opposing the player in XCOM 2

Companies

• Advent International, a global buyout firm
• Advent (publisher), a publisher of science fiction books

Music

• The Advent, 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

See also

• Adventism, a branch of Protestant Christianity
• Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, a Japanese animated film