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| - | '''Shrove Tuesday''' is a term used in [[Ireland]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Australia]] for the day preceding the first day of the [[Christian]] season of fasting and prayer called [[Lent]]. | ||
| - | The word ''shrove'' is the past tense of the English verb ''shrive'', which means to obtain [[absolution]] for one's [[sin]]s by way of [[Confession]] and doing [[penance]]. Thus Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving that English Christians were expected to do prior to receiving absolution immediately before Lent begins. Shrove Tuesday is the last day of "shrovetide", somewhat analogous to the ''[[Carnival]]'' tradition that developed separately in countries of [[Latin Europe]]. The term "Shrove Tuesday" is no longer widely known in the United States outside of Liturgical Traditions, such as the Lutheran, Episcopal, and Roman Catholic Churches. Because of the increase in many immigrant populations and traditions since the 19th century "[[Mardi Gras]]" is much more widely-used. | + | '''Lent''', in [[Christianity|Christian tradition]], is the period of the [[liturgical year]] leading up to [[Easter]]. |
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| + | The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through [[prayer]], [[penitence]], [[almsgiving]] and [[asceticism|self-denial]] — for the annual commemoration during [[Holy Week]] of the [[Death and Resurrection of Jesus]], which recalls the events linked to the [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion of Christ]] and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the [[the Resurrection of Jesus|Resurrection of Jesus Christ]]. | ||
| - | The festival is widely associated with the eating of foods such as [[pancake]]s, and often known simply as '''Pancake Day''', originally because these used up ingredients such as fat and eggs, the consumption of which was traditionally restricted during Lent. | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Collops|Collop]] Monday | ||
| - | *[[Hurling the Silver Ball]] | ||
| - | *[[Mardi Gras in Mobile]] — American festival ending with Shrove Tuesday. | ||
| - | *[[Fat Thursday]] | ||
| - | *[[Fasnachts]] | ||
| - | *[[Maslenitsa]] | ||
| - | *[[Nickanan Night]] | ||
| - | *[[Powder Day]] | ||
| - | *[[Bonfire of the Vanities]] | ||
| - | *[[Royal Shrovetide Football]] | ||
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Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter.
The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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