Shrove Tuesday always falls on the seventh week before Easter, and the day before Ash Wednesday. It’s also the last day ...

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 ...

In addition to mom and dad in the kitchen, their daughter Chrissy helps, along with local students who fold boxes, help out ...

MANY people look forward to Shrove Tuesday, as they can stuff their faces with pancakes. However, there are some who don’t realise the meaning behind this event. Why do we eat pancakes on Shr… ...

- Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2023 with a dinner co-sponsored by St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Stapleton, and St. John's of Rosebank. (Courtesy of Edwina Martin) Pameal Silvestri.

Get your eggs, butter, sugar and lemon juice at the ready, for Pancake Day is here. In 2024, Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on Tuesday 13 February, around a week earlier than last year. Whether ...

New Orleans’s take on the Tuesday before Lent may be the best known, but it’s hardly the only celebration of all things rich and sweet. By Matt Haines This year, Feb. 21 isn’t simply another ...

Shrove Tuesday, also sometimes referred to as Pancake Day in some parts of the world, is observed by Christians such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics and is nearly identical ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday in other parts of the world, the name Shrove Tuesday derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

This year Shrove Tuesday - also known as Pancake Day - falls on Tuesday, 21 February. It is a day observed by many Christians across the world as a “feast day” before Lent - the 40 days before ...