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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.

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

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! (Lit: Christ arose! Christ surely arose!)
      • 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! Er ist wahrhaftig 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 ressuscité! Vraiment Il est ressuscité!
    • Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou! Verdadeiramente ressuscitou!
    • Romanian - Cristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
    • Spanish - Cristo 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
      • Bulgarian - Христос Возкресе! Воистина Возкресе! (Christos Vozkrese! Voistina Vozkrese!)
      • Serbian - Христос Воскресе! Ваистину Воскресе! (Christos Voskrese! Vaistinu Voskrese!)
    • West
      • Czech - Kristus Vstal A Mrtvych! Opravdi Vstoupil!
      • Slovak - Kristus vstal zmŕtvych! Skutočne vstal!
      • Polish - Chrystus Zmartwychwstał! Naprawdę Zmartwychwstał!
  • Baltic languages
    • Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!
  • Celtic Languages
    • Gaelic Languages
      • Old Irish - Asréracht Críst! Asréracht Hé-som co dearb!
      • Irish - Tá Críosd ar éirigh! Go deimhin, tá e ar éirigh!
      • 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!
      • Welsh - Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!
  • Indo-Aryan Languages
    • Sanskrit - (Kristo'pastitaha! Satvam Upastitaha!)
    • Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!)
  • Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
  • Armenian - (Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi!)
  • Greek - Χριστος Aνεστη! Aληθως Aνεστη! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos Anesti!)
• Basque - Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!
• Uralic Languages
  • Estonian - Kristus on surnuist ülestõusnud! Tõesti ülestõusnud!
  • Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleista! Tortisesti nousi!
  • Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!
• Altaic Languages
  • Turkish - Hristós diril-Dí! Hakíkatén diril-Dí!
• South Caucasian languages
  • Georgian - (Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdga!)
• Semitic Languages
  • Arabic - (Al-Masih-Qam! Hakkan Qam!)
  • Amharic - (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)
  • Hebrew - (Ha Masheeha houh kam! A ken kam!)
  • Maltese - Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew!
  • Syriac - (Meshiha qam! Bashrira qam!)
  • Tigrynia - (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)
• Niger-Congo Languages
  • Luganda Kristo Ajukkide! Kweli Ajukkide!
  • Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!
• Dravidian Languages
  • Malayalam - (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)
• Sino-Tibetan Languages
  • Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!)
• Austronesian Languages
  • Carolinian - Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!
  • Chamorro - La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!
  • Filipino - Si Cristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!
  • 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!)
• Quechua - Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!
• Na-Dene Languages
  • Athabascan Languages
    • Navajo - Christ daaztsáádéé' náádiidzáá! T'áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé' náádiidzáá!
  • Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!
• Inuit-Aleut languages
  • Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!
  • Yupik - Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!
• 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!)