When is shrove tuesday this year 2007?
Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia to refer to the day before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In these countries, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day. The word shrove is a past tense of the English verb “shrive,” which means to obtain absolution for one’s sins by confessing and doing penance. Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving (confession) that Anglo-Saxon Christians were expected to receive immediately before Lent. For many Christians Lent is traditionally a period of fasting before Easter. Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Ash Wednesday, the day Lent begins. This day is traditionally marked as the day to clean out the cabinets of all eggs, milk and fats before the fast. Most households in the UK use these ingredients to make pancakes, giving Shrove Tuesday the nickname of Pancake Day. Though fewer people in Britain strictly observe Le
