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Knives 'Foretell' Bad Omen During Patriarch Bartholomew's New Year's Pie Cutting

Published January 12, 2026, 20:06
Knives 'Foretell' Bad Omen During Patriarch Bartholomew's New Year's Pie Cutting

The New Year's pie-cutting ceremony of the Istanbul expatriate associations, attended by Patriarch Bartholomew, was marred by a series of mishaps. During the event, a power outage occurred, and two consecutive knives given to the Patriarch to cut the pie broke or bent. Patriarch Bartholomew commented that it was a 'bad omen'.