On New Year’s Eve, housewives prepare the New Year’s pie and put a coin inside. The pie is eaten on New Year and who ever finds the coin is considered lucky all year round.

 On New Year’s Day, people go to church and when the Service is over, they exchange wishes.

According to old Cypriot customs when people return home from church, they should enter with their right food so everything will go well during the New Year.

On New Year’s Day people used to play games with cards at their houses or at coffee houses.