Paschal greeting

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 "Truly, He is risen!" (or "Indeed, 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.
==The Paschal greeting around the world==
*Indo-European languages
**Germanic languages
***West Germanic languages
****Anglic languages
*****English - Christ is risen! Truly, He is Risen!
******Old English (Anglo-Saxon) - Crist aras!	Crist sodhlice aras! (Lit: Christ arose! Christ surely arose!)
******Middle English - Crist is arisen! Arisen he sothe!
*****Iyaric Patwa - Krestos a uprisin! Seen, him a uprisin fe tru!
****Frisian - Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!
****High German
*****German - Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!
*****Yiddish - Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanen! Avade er iz ufgeshtanen!
****Low German
*****Dutch - Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan!
*****Afrikaans - Kristus het opgestaan! Hom het waarlik opgestaan!
***North Germanic languages
****Danish - Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!
****Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er vissulega upprisinn!
****Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!
****Swedish - Kristus är uppstånden! Ja, Han är verkligen uppstånden!
**Italic languages
***Latin - Christus Surrexit! Surrexit vere!
***Romance languages
****Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!
****Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!
****French - Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment Il est ressuscité!
****Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou! Verdadeiramente ressuscitou!
****Romanian - Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
****Spanish - Cristo ha resucitado! Verdaderamente, ha resucitado!
**Slavic languages
***Church Slavonic - Хрїсто́съ воскре́се! Вои́стинꙋ воскре́се! (Xristósŭ voskrése! Voístinu voskrése!)
***East
****Russian - Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе! (Khristos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!)
****Belarusian - Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Khrystos Uvaskros! Saprawdy Wvaskros!) 
****Ukrainian - Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! (Khrystos Voskres! Voistynu Voskres!)
***South
****Bulgarian - Христос Возкресе! Воистина Возкресе! (Christos Vozkrese! Voistina Vozkrese!)
****Serbian - Христос Воскресе! Ваистину Воскресе! (Christos Voskrese! Vaistinu Voskrese!)
***West
****Czech - Kristus vstal z mrtvých! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvých!
****Slovak - Kristus vstal zmŕtvych! Skutočne vstal!
****Polish - Chrystus Zmartwychwstał! Zaprawdę Zmartwychwstał!
**Baltic languages
***Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!
**Celtic languages
**#Goidelic languages
**#*Old Irish - Asréracht Críst! Asréracht Hé-som co dearb!
**#*Irish - Tá Críost éirithe! Go deimhin, tá sé éirithe!
**#*Manx - Taw Creest Ereen! Taw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!
**#*Scots Gaelic - Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!
**#Brythonic languages
**#*Breton - Dasorc'het eo Krist ! E wirionez eo dasorc'het !
**#*Welsh - Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!
**Indo-Iranian languages
***Persian – !مسیح برخاسته است! به راستی برخاسته است (Masih barkhaste ast! Be rasti barkhaste ast
***Ossetian: Чырысти райгас! Æцæгæй райгас! or бæлвырд райгас! (Ḱyrysti rajgas! Æcægæj rajgas or bælvyrd rajgas!)
***Hindi – येसु मसीह ज़िन्दा हो गया है! हाँ यक़ीनन, वोह ज़िन्दा हो गया है! (Yesu Masih zinda ho gaya hai! Haan yaqeenan, woh zinda ho gaya hai!)
***Urdu – !یسوع 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!)
***Marathi – Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!
***Sanskrit – Krista uttitaha! Satvam uttitaha!
*Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
*Armenian - Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi! -- Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)
*Greek - Χριστός Ανέστη! Αληθώς Ανέστη! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos Anesti!)
*Turkic languages
**Turkish - Hristós diril-Dí! Hakíkatén diril-Dí!
**Uyghur: ‫ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى!‬‎ (Əysa tirildi! Ⱨəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!)
**Azerbaijani: Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!
**Chuvash: Христос чĕрĕлнĕ! Чăн чĕрĕлнĕ! (Hristos čĕrĕlnĕ! Čyn čĕrĕlnĕ!)
**Khakas: Христос тірілді! Сыннаң тірілді! (Hristos tíríldí! Sınnañ tíríldí!)
**Uzbek: Masih tirildi! Haqiqatdan tirildi!
**Kazakh: Мәсіх - қайта тірілген! Шынында да тірілді! (Mäsix - qayta tirilgen! Şınında da tirildi!)
*Austronesian languages
**Malayo-Polynesian
***Western
****Chamorro - La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!
****Filipino (Tagalog) - Si Cristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!
****Waray: Hi Kristo nabanwaw! Matuod nga Hiya nabanhaw!
****Cebuano: Nabanhaw Si Kristo! Nabanhaw gayud!
****Indonesian - Kristus sudah bangkit! Dia benar sudah bangkit.
****Batak: Tuhan nunga hehe! Tutu do ibana hehe!
****Malagasy: Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Nitsangana marina tokoa izy!
***Central-Eastern
****Carolinian - Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!
****Fijian: Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!
****Hawaiian - Ua ala hou ´o kristo! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oia!
*Basque - Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!
*Dravidian languages
**Malayalam - (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)
*Eskimo-Aleut languages
**Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!
**Yupik - Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!
*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!)
*Na-Dené languages
**Athabaskan languages
***Navajo - Christ daaztsáádéé' náádiidzáá! T'áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé' náádiidzáá!
**Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!
*Niger-Congo languages
**Lugandan Kristo Azukkide! Kweli Azukkide!
**Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!
*Quechuan Languages
**Quechua - Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!
*Afro-Asiatic languages
** Semitic languages
*** Standard Arabic: المسيح قام! حقا قام!‎ (al-Masīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām!) or المسيح قام! بالحقيقة قام! (al-Masīḥ qām! Bi-l-ḥaqīqati qām!)
*** Aramaic languages
**** Classical Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡ! ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܩܡ!‎ (Mshiḥa qām! sharīrāīth qām! or Mshiḥo Qom! Shariroith Qom!)
**** Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡܠܗ! ܒܗܩܘܬܐ ܩܡܠܗ!‎ (Mshikha qimlih! bhāqota qimlih!)
**** Turoyo: ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܝܡ! ܫܪܥܪܐܝܬ ܩܝܡ!‎ (Mshiḥo qāyem! Shariroith qāyem!)
*** East African languages
**** Tigrinya: Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!
**** Amharic: Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!
*** Hebrew: המשיח קם! באמת קם!‎ (Hameshiach qam! Be'emet qam!)
*** Maltese: Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! or Kristu qam mill-mewt! Huwa qam tassew!
** Egyptian
*** Coptic: ⲠⲓⲬⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ! Ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ! (Pi'Christos aftonf! Khen oumetmi aftonf!)
** Judeo-Berber: Lmasih yahye-d ger lmeytin! Stidet yahye-d ger lmeytin!Sino-Tibetan languages
* Sino-Tibetan languages
** Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jīdū fùhuó le; tā quèshí fùhuó le!)
*South Caucasian languages
**Georgian - ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdga!)
**Mingrelian: ქირსექ გეთანდჷ! ღორონთუმე (ემეთო ეთანდჷ)! (Kirsek genthand'! Ghoronthume (emetho gethand')!)
*Uralic languages
**Estonian - Kristus on ülestõusnud! Tõesti on ülestõusnud!
**Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!
**Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!
**Meadow Mari - Христос ылыж кынелын! Чынак ылыж кынелын!
*Unclassified
**A Nigerian language (of many spoken there) - Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!
*Constructed languages
**Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!
**Quenya - (Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!)
==External links==
*Paschal Polyglotta: The Paschal greeting in 250 languages.
*Paschal Greeting (PDF) - Greetings in language alphabetic order.
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