After a Fat Tuesday filled with paczkis and pancakes, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, marking the start of lent for people of ...

This year, 4 March is Shrove Tuesday - otherwise known as Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival marked all over ...

What date is Fat Tuesday? What is the meaning and why do Catholics celebrate? What we know from paczkis and king cakes to ...

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

Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried ...

Shrove Tuesday is a wonderful excuse to pile our ... celebrates the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb on the third day after his crucifixion. However, before any celebrations can begin, there ...

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