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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 "IndeedTruly, He is Risenrisen!" (or "TrulyIndeed, 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 the ''Paschal season'' or ''Paschaltide''.

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

==The Paschal greeting around the world=Indo–European languages===*Indo-European languagesGreek – Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Khristós anésti! Alithós anésti!)**Germanic languages***West Germanic Slavic languages****Anglic languages[[Church Slavonic]] – Христосъ воскресе! Воистину воскресе! (Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)**East Slavic***English - Christ is RisenRussian – Христос воскресе! Indeed, He is RisenВоистину воскресе!*(Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)*****Old English (Anglo-Saxon) - Crist arasBelarusian – Хрыстос уваскрос! Crist sodhlice arasСапраўды ўваскрос! (Lit: Christ aroseKhrystos uvaskros! Christ surely aroseSaprawdy wvaskros!)***Ukrainian – Христос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Khrystos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)***Middle English - Crist is arisenRusyn – Хрістос воскрес! Arisen he sotheВоістину воскрес! (Hristos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)**South Slavic***Iyaric Patwa - Krestos a uprisinBulgarian – Христос възкресе! Воистина възкресе! Seen, him a uprisin fe tru(Khristos vozkrese! Voistina vozkrese!)****Frisian - Kristus is opstienSerbian – Христос васкрсе! Ваистину васкрсе! (Khristos vaskrse! Wis is er opstienVaistinu vaskrse!)****High GermanCroatian – Krist uskrsnu! Uistinu uskrsnu!**West Slavic***German - Christus ist auferstandenCzech – Kristus vstal z mrtvých! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstandenVpravdě vstal z mrtvých!*****Yiddish - Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanenSlovak – Kristus vstal z mŕtvych! Avade er iz ufgeshtanenSkutočne vstal (z mŕtvych)!****Low GermanPolish – Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał! *****Dutch - Christus is opgestaanAlbanian (Tosk) – Krishti u ngjall! Hij is waarlijk opgestaanVërtet u ngjall! *****Afrikaans - Kristus het opgestaanArmenian – Քրիստոս հարյա՜վ ի մեռելոց: Օրհնյա՜լ է Հարությունը Քրիստոսի: (Khristos haryav i merelotz! Hom het waarlik opgestaanOrhnyal e Harouthyoune Khristosi!**) – (Lit: Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!) *North Germanic languages**West Germanic**Danish - Kristus er opstanden*English – "Christ is risen! Sandelig Han er OpstandenTruly, He is risen!****Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn" ''or'' "Christ is risen! Hann er vissulega upprisinnIndeed, He is risen!****Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden" ''or'' "Christ is risen! Han er sannelig oppstandenHe is risen, indeed!"****Swedish - Kristus är uppståndenOld English (Anglo–Saxon) – Crist aras! Ja, Han är verkligen uppståndenCrist sodhlice aras! (Lit: Christ arose! Christ surely arose!)**Italic languages***Latin - Christus resurrexitMiddle English – Crist is arisen! Resurrexit vereArisen he sothe!***Romance languages****Italian - Cristo è risortoIyaric Patwa – Krestos a uprisin! È veramente risortoSeen, him a uprisin fe tru!****Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitatGerman – Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden! Veritablement ha ressuscitat! ****French - Le Christ est ressuscitéDutch – Christus is opgestaan! Vraiment Il est ressuscitéHij is waarlijk opgestaan!****Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou(Netherlands) ''or'' Christus is verrezen! Verdadeiramente ressuscitouHij is waarlijk verrezen!(Belgium)****Romanian - Hristos a înviatAfrikaans – Christus het opgestaan! Adevărat a înviatHy het waarlik opgestaan!****Spanish - Cristo ha resucitado! Verdaderamente, ha resucitadoFrisian – Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!**Slavic languages***Church Slavonic - (Christos VoskreseYiddish – Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanen! Voistinu VoskreseAvade er iz ufgeshtanen!)***EastNorth Germanic****Russian - Христос ВоскресеSwedish – Kristus är uppstånden! Воистину ВоскресеHan är sannerligen uppstånden! (Khristos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!)****Belarusian - Хрыстос уваскросDanish – Kristus er opstanden! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Khrystos Uvaskros! Saprawdy WvaskrosSandelig Han er Opstanden!) ****Ukrainian - Христос ВоскресNorwegian – Kristus er oppstanden! Воістину ВоскресHan er sannelig oppstanden! (Khrystos Voskres! Voistynu Voskres!)***SouthIcelandic – Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er sannarlega upprisinn! *Italic languages***Bulgarian - Христос ВозкресеLatin – Christus resurrexit! Воистина ВозкресеResurrexit vere! (Christos Vozkrese**Romance languages***Romanian – Hristos a înviat! Voistina VozkreseAdevărat a înviat!)****Serbian Istro- Христос ВоскресеRomanian dialect – Uscrâsnit–å Isus Crist! Ваистину ВоскресеZaista uscrâsnit–å! (Christos Voskrese! Vaistinu Voskrese!)***West****Czech Macedo- Kristus vstal z mrtvýchRomanian (Aromanian) dialect – Hristolu anyie! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvýchDe–alihea anyie!****Slovak Megleno- Kristus vstal zmŕtvychRomanian dialect – Hristos anghii! Skutočne vstalIstana anghii!****Polish - Chrystus ZmartwychwstałFrench – Le Christ est ressuscité! Zaprawdę ZmartwychwstałEn verité il est ressuscité! ''or'' Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment il est ressuscité!**Baltic languages***Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlėItalian – Cristo è risorto! Tikrai prisikėlėÈ veramente risorto!**Celtic languages***Goidelic languagesSpanish – ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!****Old Irish - Asréracht CrístPortuguese – Cristo ressuscitou! Asréracht Hé-som co dearbEm verdade ressuscitou!****Irish - Tá Críost éiritheCatalan – Crist ha ressuscitat! Go deimhin, tá sé éiritheVeritablement ha ressuscitat!***Galician – Cristo resucitou! De verdade resucitou!*Manx - Taw Creest Ereen**Provençal – Lo Crist es ressuscitat! Taw Shay Ereen GuhdyneEn veritat es ressuscitat!****Scots Gaelic - Tha Crìosd air èiridhRomansh – Cristo es rinaschieu! Gu dearbhIn varded, tha e air èiridhel es rinaschieu!***Brythonic languagesSardinian – Cristu est resuscitadu! Aberu est resuscitadu!****Breton - Dassoret eo KristSicilian – Cristu arrivisciutu esti! E wirionez dassoret eoPibbiru arrivisciutu esti!****Welsh - Atgyfododd Walloon – Li Crista raviké! Yn wir atgyfododdIl a raviké podbon! **Indo-Iranian Baltic languages***Indic languagesLatvian – Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!****Sanskrit - (Kristo'pastitahaLithuanian – Kristus prisikėlė! Satvam UpastitahaTikrai prisikėlė!) *Celtic languages***Southern ZoneGoidelic*****Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla aheOld Irish – Asréracht Críst! Kharokhar uthla aheAsréracht Hé–som co dearb!)**Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall*Irish – Tá Críost éirithe! Vërtet u ngjallGo deimhin, tá sé éirithe!**Armenian - Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos harjav i merelotz*Manx – Taw Creest Ereen! Orhniale harutjun Christosi! -- Christ is risenTaw Shay Ereen Guhdyne! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)**Greek - Χριστός Ανέστη*Scottish Gaelic – Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Αληθώς Ανέστη! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos AnestiGu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!)*Altaic languages*Brythonic**Turkish - Hristós diril-Dí*Breton – Dassoret eo Krist! Hakíkatén diril-DíE wirionez dassoret eo!*Austronesian languages**Malayo-PolynesianCornish – Thew Creest dassorez! En weer thewa dassorez!***WesternWelsh – Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd! *Indo–Iranian languages***Chamorro - La'la'i i KristoPersian – !مسیح برخاسته است! به راستی برخاسته است (Masih barkhaste ast! Magahet na luma'la' i KristoBe rasti barkhaste ast!)****Filipino Hindi – येसु मसीह ज़िन्दा हो गया है! हाँ यक़ीनन, वोह ज़िन्दा हो गया है! (Tagalog) - Si Cristo ay nabuhayYesu Masih zinda ho gaya hai! Siya nga ay nabuhayHaan yaqeenan, woh zinda ho gaya hai!)****Indonesian - Kr�?stus tÉlah BangkitUrdu – ! Benár día têlah Bángkitیسوع مسیح زندہ ہو گیا ہے!ہاں یقیناً، وہ زندہ ہو گیا ہے (Yesu Masih zinda ho gaya hai! Haan yaqeenan, woh zinda ho gaya hai!)***Central-EasternMarathi – Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!****Carolinian - Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefalSanskrit – Krista uttitaha! Satvam uttitaha! ===Afro-Asiatic languages===*Semitic languages***Hawaiian Arabic (standard) – !المسيح قام! حقا قام (al- Ua ala hou ´o kristoMasīḥ qām! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oiaḤaqqan qām!*Basque - Cristo Berbistua) ''or'' ! Benatan Berbistuaالمسيح قام!*Dravidian languages**Malayalam بالحقيقة قام (al- (Christu uyirthezhunnettuMasīḥ qām! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettuBi-l-ḥaqīqati qām!)*Eskimo-Aleut *Aramaic languages**Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq*Syriac – ! Pichinuq ungwektaqܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡ! ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܩܡ (Mshiḥa qām! Sharīrāīth qām! ''or'' Mshiḥo Qom! Shariroith Qom!)**Yupik *Neo- Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuqSyriac – ! Iluumun Ung-uixtuqܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡܠܗ!*Japanese - ハリストス復活！実に復活！ (Harisutosu fukkatsuܒܗܩܘܬܐ ܩܡܠܗ (Mshikha qimlih! Jitsu ni fukkatsuBhāqota qimlih!)*Korean **Turoyo- Syriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܝܡ! ܫܪܥܪܐܝܬ ܩܝܡ (Kristo GessoMshiḥo qāyem! Buhar ha sho NayShariroith qāyem!)*Na-Dené *Ethiopian languages**Athabaskan languages*Tigrigna – (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)***Navajo - Christ daaztsáádéé' náádiidzááAmharic – (Kristos Tenestwal! T'áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé' náádiidzááBergit Tenestwal!)**Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digootHebrew (modern) – !המשיח קם! באמת קם (HaMashiach qam! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digootBe'emet qam!)*Niger-Congo languages*Maltese – Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! ''or'' Kristu qam mill-mewt! Huwa qam tassew! *Egyptian**Luganda Kristo AjukkideCoptic – ΠιχρίςΤος αϥτωΝϥ! Kweli AjukkideϦΕΝ οΥΜεθΜΗι αϥτωΝϥ!**Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka(Pikhristos Aftonf! Kweli AmefufukkaKhen oumethmi aftonf!) ===Caucasian languages===*Quechuan LanguagesKartvelian**Quechua - Cristo causarimpunñaGeorgian – ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste agsdga! Ciertopuni causarimpunñaCheshmaritad agsdga!) *Afro-Asiatic languagesNorthwest Caucasian**Semitic languagesAbkhazian – Kyrsa Dybzaheit! Itzzabyrgny Dybzaheit!***Central Semitic languages****Aramaic ===Dravidian languages===*****Syriac - Malayalam – ക്രിസ്തു ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! (Meshiha qamChristu uyirthezhunnettu! Bashrira qamTheerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)****South Central Semitic ===Eskimo–Aleut languages===*****Arabic languagesAleut – Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!******Arabic (Fus'hah, i.e., "standard") Yupik – Xris- (Altusaq Ung-Masih-Qamuixtuq! Hakkan QamIluumun Ung-uixtuq!) ===Mayan languages===******Maltese - Kristu qamTzotzil – Icha'kuxi Kajvaltik Kristo! Ta melel icha'kuxi! Huwa qam tassew*Tzeltal – Cha'kuxaj Kajwaltik Kristo! Ta melel cha'kuxaj! ===Austronesian languages===*Malayo-Polynesian**Western**Canaanite languages******Hebrew Filipino (modernTagalog) - (Ha Masheeha houh kam– Si Kristo ay nabuhay! A ken kamTotoo! Siya nga ay nabuhay!)***South Semitic languagesIndonesian – Kristus telah bangkit! Dia benar-benar telah bangkit!****Ethiopian languagesKapampangan – Y Cristo sinubli yang mebie! Sinubli ya pin mebie!*****North Ethiopian languagesCebuano – Si Kristo nabanhaw! Matuod nga Siya nabanhaw!******Tigrigna - (Christos tensiouChamorro – La'la'i i Kristo! Bahake tensiouMagahet na luma'la' i Kristo!)**Central–Eastern***South Ethiopian languagesCarolinian – Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!***Hawaiian – Ua ala aʻe nei ʻo Kristo! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!***Amharic - (Kristos TenestwalFijian – Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!**Malagasy – Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Bergit TenestwalNitsangana marina tokoa izy!)*Sino===Na-Tibetan Dené languages===*Athabaskan**Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-leNavajo – Christ daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá! Ta queshi fuhuo-leTʼáá aaníí daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá!)*South Caucasian languages**Georgian Tlingit – Xristos Kuxwoo- ქრისტე �?ღსდგ�?digoot! ჭეშმ�?რიტ�?დ �?ღსდგ�?Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!(Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdga!)*Uralic ===Niger–Congo languages===*Gikuyu – Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!*Estonian - Kristus on ülestõusnudIgbo – Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Tõesti on ülestõusnudÉzia õ´ Bilíwõ!**Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleistaLugandan – Kristo Azukkide! Totisesti nousiKweli Azukkide!**Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadtSwahili – Kristo Amefufukka! Valóban feltámadtKweli Amefufukka! ===Turkic languages===*UnclassifiedTurkish – Hristós diril–Dí! Hakíkatén diril–Dí!*Azeri – Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!*A Nigerian language (of many spoken thereChuvash – Христос чĕрĕлнĕ! Чăн чĕрĕлнĕ! (Khristós chərəlnə! Chæn chərəlnə!)*Uyghur – !ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى (Əysa tirildi! Ⱨəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!) - Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!*Constructed languages**Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis ===Uralic languages===*Estonian – Kristus on üles tõusnud! Tõesti, Ta on üles tõusnud!*Finnish – Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!*Hungarian – Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!*Meadow Mari – Христос ылыж кынелын! Чынак ылыж кынелын! ===Other living languages===*Basque – Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua! *Japanese – ハリストス復活！実に復活！ (Harisutosu fukkatsu! Jitsu ni fukkatsu!) *Korean – 그리스도께서 부활하셨습니다! 참으로 부활하셨습니다! (Kristo Gesso Buhwal ha sho sumnida! Chamuro Buhwal ha sho sumnida!) *Mandarin Chinese – 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jīdū fùhuó le! Tā quèshí fùhuó le!) *Quechua – Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña! ===Constructed languages===*Esperanto – Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!*Ido – Kristo riviveskabas! Ya Il rivivesakabas!*Interlingua – Christo ha resurgite! Vermente ille ha resurgite! ''or'' Christo ha resurrecte! Vermente ille ha resurrecte!**Quenya - – [[Image:Pascha_Tengwar.png|Tengwar Rendering]] (Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!)

*[http://srbigham.com/en/ Paschal Polyglotta]: This site allows you to see and hear the central affirmation of the Christian faith: "Christ is risen; indeed, he is risen!" The Paschal greeting in some 250 languages.