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[[Image:pascha.jpg|100px|left]]For the Orthodox Christian, '''[[Holy Week]]''' is the week from the conclusion of Great Lent on the Saturday of Lazarus to the celebration of the Great and Holy Pascha, the Resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This week is also often called the Great and Holy Week.
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[[Image:pascha.jpg|100px|left]]The '''Paschal greeting''' is a custom among Orthodox Christians, consisting of a greeting and response. Instead of "hello" or its equivalent, one is to greet another person with "Christ is Risen!" The response is "Indeed, He is Risen!" (or "Truly, He is risen!"). This greeting is used during liturgical services and informally at other times, starting with the feast of Pascha and lasting until Ascension, the period known as Paschaltide.
  
As leave is taken from Great Lent with the celebration of the Saturday of Lazarus, which remembers Christ’s raising of Lazarus from the dead and the promise of universal resurrection for all, a week is entered during which the church services remember Christ’s last week, the Holy Week, before his crucifixion and resurrection.
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In practice, this custom is usually restricted in use with people that one already knows are Orthodox. In some cultures (e.g., in Russia), it was also customary to exchange a triple kiss after the greeting. It is not uncommon for Orthodox Christians to compile lists of the greeting as it is used around the world, as an act of Orthodox unity across languages and cultures.  
  
'''''Recently featured:''' [[Byzantine Notation]], [[Nicholas of Japan]], [[Bede]], [[Gregory Palamas]].<!--Newly [[:Category:Featured Articles|featured articles]] are presented every other '''Friday'''.-->''
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'''''Recently featured:''' [[Holy Week]], [[Byzantine Notation]], [[Nicholas of Japan]], [[Bede]].<!--Newly [[:Category:Featured Articles|featured articles]] are presented every other '''Friday'''.-->''

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The Paschal greeting is a custom among Orthodox Christians, consisting of a greeting and response. Instead of "hello" or its equivalent, one is to greet another person with "Christ is Risen!" The response is "Indeed, He is Risen!" (or "Truly, He is risen!"). This greeting is used during liturgical services and informally at other times, starting with the feast of Pascha and lasting until Ascension, the period known as Paschaltide.

In practice, this custom is usually restricted in use with people that one already knows are Orthodox. In some cultures (e.g., in Russia), it was also customary to exchange a triple kiss after the greeting. It is not uncommon for Orthodox Christians to compile lists of the greeting as it is used around the world, as an act of Orthodox unity across languages and cultures.

Christ is Risen!

Recently featured: Holy Week, Byzantine Notation, Nicholas of Japan, Bede.