Paschal greeting

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The Paschal greeting is an Easter custom among Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians, as well as among several Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians. Instead of "hello" or its equivalent, one is to greet another person with "Christ is Risen!", and the response is "Truly He is Risen!" or "He Has Risen Indeed!" (compare Matthew 27:64, Matthew 28:6-7, Mark 16:6, Luke 24:6, Luke 24:34).

In 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.

Similar responses are also used in the liturgies of other Christian churches, but not so much as general greetings.

[edit] The Paschal greeting around the world

Indo-European languages
- Germanic languages
  - West Germanic languages
    - Anglic languages
      - English - Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! or Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
        
        Old English - Crist aras! Crist soþlice 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 languages
      - German - Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!
    - Low Franconian languages
      - Dutch - Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan! (Netherlands) or Christus is verrezen! Hij is waarlijk verrezen! (Belgium)
      - Afrikaans - Christus het opgestaan! Hy het waarlik opgestaan!
  - North Germanic languages
    - Danish - Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!
    - Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er sannarlega upprisinn!
    - Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!
    - Swedish - Kristus är uppstånden! Ja, Han är verkligen uppstånden!
- Italic languages
  - Latin - Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!
  - Romance languages
    - Aromanian - Hristolu unghia! Daleehira unghia!
    - Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!
    - French - Christ est ressuscité! Il est vraiment ressuscité!
    - Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!
    - Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou! Em verdade ressuscitou!
    - Provençal - Lo Crist es ressuscitat! En veritat es ressuscitat!
    - Romanian - Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
    - Romansh - Cristo es rinaschieu! In varded, el es rinaschieu!
    - Spanish - ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!
    - Walloon - Li Crist a raviké! Il a raviké podbon!
- Slavic languages
  - Church Slavonic - Хрїстóсъ воскрéсе! Воистину воскресе! (Christos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)
  - East
    - Russian - Христос воскрес! Воистину воскрес! (Christos voskres! Voistinu voskres!)
    - Belarusian - Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Chrystos uvaskros! Sapraŭdy ŭvaskros!)
    - Ukrainian - Христос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Chrystos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)
  - South
    - Bulgarian - Христос возкресе! Воистина возкресе! (Hristos vozkrese! Voistina vozkrese!)
    - Macedonian - Христос воскресе! Навистина воскресе! (Hristos voskrese! Navistina voskrese!)
    - Serbian - Христос вaскрсе! Ваистину вaскрсе! (Hristos vaskrse! Vaistinu vaskrse!)
  - West
    - Czech - Kristus zmrtvýchvstal! Opravdu zmrtvýchvstal! (only literally, not used actually)
    - Slovak - Kristus zmŕtvychvstal! Skutočne zmŕtvychvstal! (also not used, the Slovak of eastern religions use Church Slavonic version)
    - Polish - Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał!
- Baltic languages
  - Latvian Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!
  - 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!
    - Scottish - Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!
  - Brythonic languages
    - Breton - Dassoret eo Krist! E wirionez dassoret eo!
    - Cornish - Thew Creest dassorez! En weer thewa dassorez!
    - Welsh - Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!
- Indo-Iranian languages
  - Indic languages
    - Southern Zone
      - Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!)
- Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
- Armenian - Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է Յարութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos haryav i merelotz! Orhnial e Haroutiunn Christosi! -- Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)
- Greek - Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Khristós Anésti! Alithós Anésti!)
Altaic languages
- Turkish - İsa dirildi! Hakikaten dirildi!
- Uyghur - ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى! (Əysa tirildi! H̡əķiķətinla tirildi!)
- Azeri - Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!
Austronesian languages
- Malayo-Polynesian
  - Western
    - Chamorro - La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!
    - Filipino - Si Cristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!
    - Indonesian - KrÍstus tÉlah Bangkit! Benár día têlah Bángkit!
  - Central-Eastern
    - Carolinian - Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!
    - Hawaiian - Ua ala hou ´o kristo! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oia!
Basque - Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!
Dravidian languages
- Malayalam - (ക്രിസ്തു ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു!) (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 부활하셨네! (Geuriseudokkeseo Buhwalhasheotne!)
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
- Luganda Kristo Ajukkide! Kweli Ajukkide!
- Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!
- Gikuyu - Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!
Quechuan Languages
- Quechua - Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!
Afro-Asiatic languages
- Semitic languages
  - Central Semitic languages
    - Aramaic languages
      - Syriac - (Meshiha qam! Bashrira qam!)
    - South Central Semitic languages
      - Arabic languages
        
        Arabic (standard) - !المسيح قام! حقا قام (al-Masīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām!)
        
        Maltese - Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! OR Kristu qam mill-mewt! Huwa qam tassew!
      - Canaanite languages
        
        Hebrew (modern) - !המשיח קם! באמת קם (Hameshiach qam! Be'emet qam!)
  - South Semitic languages
    - Ethiopian languages
      - North Ethiopian languages
        
        Tigrigna - (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)
      - South Ethiopian languages
        
        Amharic - (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)
Sino-Tibetan languages
- Mandarin - 基督復活了他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!)
South Caucasian languages
- Georgian - ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste aĝsdga! Č'ešmarit'ad aĝsdga!)
Uralic languages
- Estonian - Kristus on ülestõusnud! Tõesti, Ta on ülestõusnud!
- Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!
- Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!
Constructed languages
- International auxiliary languages
  - Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!
  - Interlingua - Christo ha resurgite! Vermente ille ha resurgite!
- Quenyan - Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!