If you weren’t aware, today isn’t formally known as Pancake Day. I know, I know, it’s a day all about pancakes. However, it’s ...

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This week kicks off the period leading up to the Christian Easter celebrations. But while Easter is typically associated with ...

On the night before Ash Wednesday, commonly referred to as Fat Tuesday, the parishioners of Christ Church gathered in their ...

The day earned its name from the Christian tradition of seeking absolution before the start of Lent. Pancakes became ...

Tuesday, March 4 is commonly referred to as pancake Tuesday. It’s also called Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday. t’s typically ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

Lent is a period of 40 days which many Christians observe as a time of fasting, abstinence and penitence - here is everything ...

The season of Lent begins Wednesday, which makes Tuesday “Fat Tuesday” or “Shrove Tuesday.” For more than 100 years, and ...

Hundreds gathered at the Casino on Shrove Tuesday to enjoy pancakes and sausages under the atrium in advance of Ash Wednesday ...

PANCAKE day again already? You’d batter believe it. We each eat an average of two every Shrove Tuesday – but with a quarter of people saying they don’t know how to make it from scratch, pre-made ...

Pancake Day 2025 falls on March 4, marking the celebration of Shrove Tuesday.Discover the origins of Shrove Tuesday.