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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.

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

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day is the traditional feast day before the Lent fast starts on Ash Wednesday. Today, ...

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 ...

Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday take place this week, marking the start of Lent. Here are the dates for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Hundreds turned out for a mad Shrovetide football game in Northumberland, which ended with players jumping into the River Aln ...

Severn Trent are reminding customers to have a flipping good time this Shrove Tuesday, but to ‘be a binner, not a blocker’ by ...

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

Retailers' experience shows that the tradition of eating pea soup on Shrove Tuesday remains strong among Estonians, with ...

The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been ...