Shrove Tuesday is traditionally for people to gain penance from God before they begin fasting, which is why it falls on the ...

SHROVE TUESDAY includes a tradition where people will make and eat pancakes, hence many people knowing this as pancake day. Here, we look at the history behind the tradition and why pancakes are ea… ...

Celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, Pancake Tuesday is a day steeped in customs and beliefs. Also known as Shrove Tuesday, this day of feasting and celebration marks the start of Lent ...

It’s Shrove Tuesday today, also known as Shrovetide Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. So what does “Shrove” mean? And why are some Christians eating pancakes today? Pancakes were traditionally ...

But Shrove Tuesday has a deeper meaning than just digging into the delicious batter. Shrove Tuesday: Pancake Day 2019 will take place on March 5 this year (Image: GETTY) ...

Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day as it ... Elsewhere in the world, the day is also referred to as Mardi Gras, meaning ‘Fat Tuesday’ named after the kind of foods eaten on the day. ...

National Cathedral School 5th-grader Erin Napoleon, 10, flips a pancake after racing up and down the National Cathedral's aisle during Shrove Tuesday pancake races February 20, 2007 in Washington, DC.

If you like pancakes, today is your day. It's Shrove Tuesday today, also known as Shrovetide Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. So what does "Shrove" mean? And why are some Christians eating pancakes ...

The meaning of Shrove Tuesday. Shrove, the past tense of shrive, means to offer yourself up for confession, penance, and eventually, absolution.

SHROVE TUESDAY includes a tradition where people will make and eat pancakes, hence many people knowing this as pancake day. Here, we look at the history behind the tradition and why pancakes are ea… ...