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New Year’s Day and the feast day for Agios Vasilis (St. Basil) are one and the same in Greece and Cyprus, and for all Orthodox Christians. Celebrations begin on New Year’s Eve when Agios Vasilis is believed to visit each house. On New Year’s Day, a cake called the Vassilopita, or “St. Basil’s bread,” is ceremoniously sliced, according to varying traditions going back to Byzantine times. A coin has been baked in the cake, and the person finding the coin will be the luckiest member of the family that year. Discuss