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Revision as of 00:28, 13 May 2004 by 141.161.109.97 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Pascha greeting is an Easter custom among both Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians. Instead of "hello" or its equivalent, one is to greet another person with "Christ is Risen!", and the response is "Indeed He is Risen!". In practice, this custom is restricted in use to people that one already knows are Orthodox.
At some cultures, e.g., in Russia, it was also customary to exchange a triple kiss after the greeting: one cheek, another cheek, lips.
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.
The Paschal greeting around the world
- Indo-European Languages
- Germanic Languages
- Afrikaans - Kristus het opgestaan! Hom het waarlik opgestaan!
- Danish - Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!
- Dutch - Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan!
- English - Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
- Old English - Crist aras! Crist sodhlice aras!
- Middle English - Crist is arisen! Arisen he sothe!
- Frisian - Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!
- Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er vissulega upprisinn!
- German - Christus ist Auferstanden! Jawohl Er ist Auferstanden!
- Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!
- Swedish - Kristus är uppstånden! Ja, Han är verkligen uppstånden!
- Yiddish - Eybershter undzer iz geshtanen! Avade er iz ufgeshtanen!
- Italic Languages
- Latin - Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!
- Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!
- Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!
- French - Le Christ est ressuscite! En verite il est resuscite!
- Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou! Verdadeiramente ressuscitou!
- Romanian - Cristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
- Spanish - Christo ha resucitado! Verdaderamente, ha resucitado!
- Slavic Languages
- Church Slavonic language - Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе! (Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!)
- East
- Russian - Христос Воскрес! Воистину Воскрес! (Christos Voskres! Voistinu Voskres!)
- Belarussian - Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Khrystos Uvaskros! Saprawdy Wvaskros!)
- Ukrainian - Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! (Christos Voskres! Voistinu Voskres!)
- South
- West
- Baltic languages
- Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!
- Celtic Languages
- Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti Ungjall! Vertete Ungjall!
- Armenian - (Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi!)
- Greek - Χριστος Aνεστη! Aληθως Aνεστη! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos Anesti!)
- Germanic Languages
- Uralic Languages
- Altaic Languages
- Turkish - Hristós diril-Dí! Hakíkatén diril-Dí!
- South Caucasian languages
- Georgian - (Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdga!)
- Semitic Languages
- Niger-Congo Languages
- Sino-Tibetan Languages
- Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!)
- Austronesian Languages
- Hawaiian - Ua ala hou ´o kristo! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oia!
- Indonesian - KrÍstus tÉlah Bangkit! Benár día têlah Bángkit!
- Japanese - (Harisutosu Fukkatsu! Jitsu Ni Fukkatsu!)
- Korean - (Kristo Gesso! Buhar ha sho Nay!)
- Unclassified
- A Nigerian language (of many spoken there) - Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!
- Constructed Languages
- Esperanto - Kristos Levigis! Vere Levigis!