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

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 ...

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 ...

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday, all started when Pope St. Gregory prohibited Christians from eating all forms of meat and animal products during Lent in 500-600 AD.

Shrove is the past tense of shrive, which means to gain absolution of sins by confession and repentance. Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Tuesday in some western European countries.

Shrove Tuesday, traditionally, was the day people went to confession in an effort to prepare themselves for the 40 days of Lent. Therefore, Shrove Tuesday is named after the custom of Christians ...

Shrove Tuesday is called Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday in French. It is referred to as Fastnacht in Germany - meaning "the eve of the fast" - and Fetter Dienstag.

Shrove Tuesday dates as far back as 1000 AD. In the Middle Ages, the day was knows as Shrovetide, a day when people would visit a priest to confess to all of their sins, then be shriven and told ...

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

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday, all started when Pope St. Gregory prohibited Christians from eating all forms of meat and animal products during Lent in 500-600 AD.