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"Christ is Risen"

The Paschal greeting in the languages of the world

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 the Paschal season or Paschaltide.

In practice, this greeting is typically used only with people that one already knows are Orthodox. In some cultures (for example in Russia), it was also customary to exchange a triple kiss after the greeting. Orthodox Christians 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 in the languages of the world

Indo–European languages

Greek – Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Khristós anésti! Alithós anésti!)

Slavic languages

Church Slavonic – Христосъ воскресе! Воистину воскресе! (Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)

East Slavic

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!)

Rusyn – Хрістос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Hristos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)

South Slavic

Bulgarian – Христос възкресе! Воистина възкресе! (Khristos vozkrese! Voistina vozkrese!)

Serbian – Христос васкрсе! Ваистину васкрсе! (Khristos vaskrse! Vaistinu vaskrse!)

Croatian – Krist uskrsnu! Uistinu uskrsnu!

West Slavic

Czech – Kristus vstal z mrtvých! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvých!

Slovak – Kristus vstal z mŕtvych! Skutočne vstal (z mŕtvych)!

Polish – Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał!

Albanian (Tosk) – Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!

Slovenian – Kristus je vstal! Zares je vstal!

Armenian – Քրիստոս հարյա՜վ ի մեռելոց: Օրհնյա՜լ է Հարությունը Քրիստոսի: (Khristos haryav i merelotz! Orhnyal e Harouthyoune Khristosi!) – (Lit: Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)

GERMANIC LANGUAGES

West Germanic

English – "Christ is risen! Truly, He is risen!" or "Christ is risen! Indeed, He is risen!" or "Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!"

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!

German – Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!

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!

Frisian – Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!

Yiddish – Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanen! Avade er iz ufgeshtanen!

Rastafarian – Krestos a uprisin! Seen, him a uprisin fe tru!

Scots – Christ has ryssyn! Hech aye, he his ain sel!

North Germanic

Swedish – Kristus är uppstånden! Han är sannerligen uppstånden!

Danish – Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!

Norwegian – Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!

Norwegian Bokmål – Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!

Norwegian Nynorsk – Kristus er oppstaden! Han er sanneleg oppstaden!

Icelandic – Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er sannarlega upprisinn!

Faroese – Kristus er upprisin! Hann er sanniliga upprisin!

Italic languages

Latin – Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!

Romance languages

Romanian – Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!

Istro-Romanian dialect – Uscrâsnit–å Isus Crist! Zaista uscrâsnit–å!

Macedo-Romanian (Aromanian) dialect – Hristolu anyie! De–alihea anyie!

Megleno-Romanian dialect – Hristos anghii! Istana anghii!

French – Le Christ est ressuscité! En verité il est ressuscité! or Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment il est ressuscité!

Italian – Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!

Spanish – ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!

Portuguese – Cristo ressuscitou! Em verdade ressuscitou!

Catalan – Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!

Galician – Cristo resucitou! De verdade resucitou!

Provençal – Lo Crist es ressuscitat! En veritat es ressuscitat!

Romansh – Cristo es rinaschieu! In varded, el es rinaschieu!

Sardinian – Cristu est resuscitadu! Aberu est resuscitadu!

Sicilian – Cristu arrivisciutu esti! Pibbiru arrivisciutu esti!

Walloon – Li Crist a raviké! Il a raviké podbon!

Aromanian – Hristolu anyie! Di alihea anyie!

Baltic languages

Latvian – Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!

Lithuanian – Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!

CELTIC LANGUAGES

Goidelic

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 Gaelic – Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!

Brythonic

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

Persian – !مسیح برخاسته است! به راستی برخاسته است (Masih barkhaste ast! Be rasti barkhaste ast!)

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!

Ossetian – Чырысти райгас! Æцæгæй райгас or бæлвырд райгас! (Ḱyrysti rajgas! Æcægæj rajgas or bælvyrd rajgas!)

Afro-Asiatic languages

Berber language – (Lmasih yahye-d ger lmeytin! Stidet yahye-d ger lmeytin!)

Semitic languages

Arabic (standard) – !المسيح قام! حقا قام (al-Masīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām!) or !المسيح قام! بالحقيقة قام (al-Masīḥ qām! Bi-l-ḥaqīqati qām!)

Ethiopian languages

Tigrigna – (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)

Amharic – (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)

Hebrew (modern) – !המשיח קם! באמת קם (HaMashiach qam! Be'emet qam!)

Maltese – Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! or Kristu qam mill-mewt! Huwa qam tassew!

Egyptian

Coptic – ΠιχρίςΤος αϥτωΝϥ! ϦΕΝ οΥΜεθΜΗι αϥτωΝϥ! (Pikhristos Aftonf! Khen oumethmi aftonf!)

CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES

Kartvelian

Georgian – ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste agsdga! Cheshmaritad agsdga!)

Abkhazian – Kyrsa Dybzaheit! Itzzabyrgny Dybzaheit!

Mengrelian ქირსექ გეთანდჷ! ღორონთუმე (ემეთო ეთანდჷ)! (Kirsek genthand'! Ghoronthume (emetho gethand')!)

Dravidian languages

Malayalam – ക്രിസ്തു ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)

Tamil – கிறிஸ்து உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார், மெய்யாகவே அவர் உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார்.

Eskimo–Aleut languages

Aleut - Kristusaq Aglagikuk! Angangulakan Aglagikuk!

Alutiq (Kodiak Aleut) – Kristusaq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!

Yupik – Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!

Mayan languages

Tzotzil – Icha'kuxi Kajvaltik Kristo! Ta melel icha'kuxi!

Tzeltal – Cha'kuxaj Kajwaltik Kristo! Ta melel cha'kuxaj!

AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES

MALAYO-POLYNESIAN

Western

Filipino (Tagalog) – Si Kristo ay nabuhay! Totoo! Siya nga ay nabuhay!

Kapampangan – Y Cristo sinubli yang mebie! Sinubli ya pin mebie!

Cebuano – Si Kristo nabanhaw! Matuod nga Siya nabanhaw!

Chamorro – La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!

Batak – Tuhan nunga hehe! Tutu do ibana hehe!

Carolinian – Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!

Waray – Hi Kristo nabanwaw! Matuod nga Hiya nabanhaw!

Fijian – Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!

Hawaiian – Ua ala hou ʻo Kristo! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!

Indonesian/Malaysian – Kristus telah bangkit! Dia benar-benar telah bangkit!

Malagasy – Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Nitsangana marina tokoa izy!

Central–Eastern

Carolinian – Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!

Hawaiian – Ua ala aʻe nei ʻo Kristo! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!

Fijian – Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!

NA-DENÉ LANGUAGES 

Athabaskan

Navajo – Christ daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá! Tʼáá aaníí daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá!

Tlingit – Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!

Mongolic languages

Mongolian – Есүс дахин амилсан, Тэр үнэхээр амилсан! (Yesus dahin amilsan, ter uneheer amilsan)

Niger–Congo languages

Gikuyu – Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!

Igbo – Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!

Lugandan / Ganda – Kristo Azukkide! Kweli Azukkide!

Swahili – Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!

Turkic languages

Turkish – Hristós diril–Dí! Hakíkatén diril–Dí!

Azeri – Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!

Chuvash – Христос чĕрĕлнĕ! Чăн чĕрĕлнĕ! (Khristós chərəlnə! Chæn chərəlnə!)

Uyghur – !ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى (Əysa tirildi! Ⱨəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!)

Khakas – Христос тірілді! Сыннаң тірілді! (Hristos tíríldí! Sınnañ tíríldí!)

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!

Karelian – Hristos nouzi kuollielois! Tovessah nouzi!

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!)

Thai – พระคริสต์เป็นขึ้นจากความตาย! or พระคริสต์ทรงกลับคืนพระชนม์ชีพ!

Vietnamese – Chúa Ki-tô đã sống lại! Ngài đã sống lại thật!

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!

Khmer – Preah Christ mean preah choan rous leong vinh! trung mean preah choan rous leong vinh men!

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 – Tengwar Rendering (Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!)

Klingon – Hu'ta' QISt! Hu'bejta'!

Toki Pona – jan sewi Kolisu li tawa tan moli! ni li lon: ona li tawa tan moli!

Dothraki – Khal Asvezhvenanaz yathoay! Me Yathoay Me nem nesa!

Dovahzul – Saviik los alok! Rok los vahzah alok!