3547 Clifton Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45220

Phone: 513-861-1295

Pastor: Rev. Todd Grogan

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It's Carnival!

While we celebrate Epiphany (the fourth major feast of the Christmas season) on a Sunday, traditionally Epiphany is January 6th, the Twelfth Day of Christmas.  Epiphany is also the beginning of the Carnival Season.  Carnival is not a liturgical season on the Church’s Calendar.  But is does have many connections with our faith.  The word carnival literally means farewell to the flesh. The carnival season lasts from Epiphany Sunday through Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday.

This year, Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras is February 16th.  Here at Annunciation Parish, we are getting ready for our annual Shrove Tuesday Evening Prayer/Burning of Palm, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, and Mardi Gras Celebration.  Plan to join us on Tuesday, February 16th from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

*To find out more about Annunciation Parish's Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras Celebration, click here.  To view photos from our 2010 celebration, click here.

*To find out why we eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, click here.

*To find our more about the history of the celebration of Carnival, Shrove Tuesday, and Mardi Gras, click here.

*To find out more about celebrating the Carnival Season in your home - the Domestic Church, click here.