Find out the symbolism and importance of Pancake day or Shrove Tuesday
here. It is a very important tradition and it precedes "Ash Wednesday". It is call "ash" because it signifies the
ashes come from burning the palm crosses from "
Palm Sunday" of the previous year. It marks the beginning of
Lent which is a time of preparation of Easter, the most important Christian Festival. The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer through prayer, penance, repentance, charity (alms-giving) to celebrating the holy week in remembrance of the events preceding Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection.
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