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Advent is the four week preparation for the coming of Christ.
The first Advent of Christ took place when Christ was born in Bethlehem This coming of the Son of God took place in a hidden manner. The second coming of Christ begins in the spirit, through his Church, in our souls. It continues and grows until we meet Christ at our death. He will come again in glory at the end of time. Then those who served Christ in others will receive their reward.

Advent

Christmas is the birthday of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, celebrated on December 25. This day commemorates a threefold birth that is meant for all members of the human race. 1) The birth of God into the world i.e.,the uniting of the Second Person of the Trinity, the Word, in the Person of Jesus Christ; 2) The birth of Jesus the true Son of Mary, weak nature assumed by God in order that mankind might not be blinded by his splendor; 3) and the day of potential spiritual birth for all.

Christmas

Lent is the liturgical season of forty days which begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with the celebration of the Paschal Mystery (Easter Tridium). Lent is the primary penetential season in the Church's liturgical year, reflecting the forty days Jesus spent in the desert in fasting and prayer

Lent

Holy Week is the week preceding Easter, beginning with Palm (Passion) Sunday, called the "Great week" in the liturgies of Eastern Churches. It marks the Church's annual celebration of the events of Christ's Passion, Death, and Resurrection, culminating in the Paschal Mystery.

Holy Week

Easter is the greatest and oldest Christian feast, which celebrates Christ's resurrection from the dead. Easter is the "feast of feasts", the solemenity of solemenities, the "Great Sunday." Christians prepare for it during Lent and Holy week, and catechumens usually receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) at the Easter Vigil.

Easter