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)

People

 * Advent Bangun, Indonesian actor and martial arts artist