Advent (disambiguation)
# 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, 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
* "Advent", a Series A episode of the television series QI (2003)
