Shrove Tuesday, more commonly known as Pancake Day ... Churchgoers have ashes marked in the shape of a cross on their foreheads as a symbol of repentance for sin. The ashes are derived from ...

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 ...

Shrove Tuesday is important in the Catholic faith ... milk, and fats, and a symbol of luxury and a treat before going without for the following weeks until April. However, the reason why people ...

"Traditionally Shrove Tuesday ... was a day of celebration and a day to use up all the good things to eat before you went into a period of Lenten fasting where you weren't allowed all of the good ...

Whatever you do, make your pancakes just like the Irish do this Shrove Tuesday ... or Mardi Gras ... or Carnival ... or Fat Tuesday ... or just plain old Tuesday, March 4! The day before Ash ...

It begins on Ash Wednesday, the day after Shrove Tuesday (widely known as Pancake ... we’ve picked four symbols associated with the period to help explain why and how Christians mark this ...

Flipping pancakes ahead of Shrove Tuesday in England; competitors fight for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football match; Palestinians gather for a communal iftar amid rubble in ...

This year, 4 March is Shrove Tuesday - otherwise known as Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival marked all over the world but in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia it's often ...