Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday is the final day of Shrovetide, which marks the end of the pre-Lenten season. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed in... Wikipedia

• Also called:  Pancake Day, Mardi Gras
• Observed by:  Christians (including Anglicans, Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists)
• Type:  Christian
• Observances:  Confession, the ritual burning of the previous year's Palm Sunday branches, finalizing one's Lenten sacrifice, eating pancakes and other sweets
• Date:  Concluding day of Carnival or Shrovetide, the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is always placed 47 days before the western Easter Sunday
• date:  Concluding day of Carnival or Shrovetide, the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is always placed 47 days before the western Easter Sunday
• Frequency:  Annual
• Related to:  Pre-Lent, Shrovetide, Carnival, Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo