The custom of the day require a sweet "lucky beak" game of new year cake . Many recipes are moving but all have a key ingredient "gold coin" awaited ! Before the break , read her story .
History of new year cake , is a story that happened hundreds of years ago , before 1500 years ago , in the town of Caesarea of Cappadocia in Asia minor . The Great Basil of Caesarea and was ruler of lived in harmony with his fellow human beings , with love , understanding and mutual assistance .
One day however , an avid gambler general "tyrant of the region" , asked to be given all the treasures of the city of Caesarea , otherwise many city to conquer and plunder .
The Great Basil whole night pray to Holy God to save the city . The next day morning , and the general determined with his army encircled the Caesarea . He joined with the sequence of and asked to see the bishop , who was at the temple and pray . With audacity and anger the buccanner general demanded the city's gold and other precious existed in the city .
The Great Basil replied that the people of the city does not have anything else apart from hunger and poverty , they had to give nothing valuable in general predator . General you heard those words was even more and started to threaten the Great Basil that would banish far away from home or even may kill .
Christians of the bishop of Caesarea who loved them and wanted to help . They collected from their homes that were golds and the elect , so giving them in general hard to save . Meanwhile the impatient general approach to burst by evil . Immediately ordered his army to attack the poor people of the city .
The bishop , the Great Basil , who wanted to defend the town of prayed and then presented to the general that golds had gathered inside a chest . Currently , however , the general went to open the chest and grab the treasures , who daubed this blood on his hands on the golds was the miracle !
All together saw a glow , and immediately afterwards a bright horseman to rush with the army's top general hard and its own . In a short amount of time the evil general and his own were erased . The brilliant rider was Agios Merkourios and soldiers of the Holy Angels .
Thus saved the city of Caesarea . But then , bishop , the Great Basil , found itself in a difficult position ! We should divide the golds to the inhabitants of the city and the deal is fair , that is to get everyone they were his own . This was very difficult . So the Great Basil prayed and God highlighted what to do . Called deacons and assistants and said to ferment bread rolls , where in each roll would have caused ructions and a few golds . When they prepared the deal as a boon to the inhabitants of the city of Caesarea . At the beginning we were surprised , but they were even more surprised when each family cut bread we find inside the golds .
It was therefore a separate roll , "King cake" . Bring people joy and blessing together .
Since we are now the "King cake" with "gold coin" instruments ,on the 1st day of the year , day of Saint Basil .
