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 custom greeting is usually restricted in use typically used only with people that one already knows are Orthodox. In some cultures (e.g., for example in Russia), it was also customary to exchange a triple kiss after the greeting. It is not uncommon for Orthodox Christians to 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 around the world=Indo–European languages===*Indo-European languagesGreek – Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Khristós anésti! Alithós anésti!)**Germanic languages***West Germanic Slavic languages****Anglic languages[[Church Slavonic]] – Христосъ воскресе! Воистину воскресе! (Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)**East Slavic***English - Christ is risenRussian – Христос воскресе! Воистину воскресе! Truly, He is Risen(Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)***Belarusian – Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Khrystos uvaskros! Saprawdy wvaskros!) ***Old English (Anglo-Saxon) - Crist arasUkrainian – Христос воскрес! Crist sodhlice arasВоістину воскрес! (Lit: Christ aroseKhrystos voskres! Christ surely aroseVoistynu voskres!)***Rusyn – Хрістос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Hristos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)**South Slavic*Middle English - Crist is arisen**Bulgarian – Христос възкресе! Воистина възкресе! (Khristos vozkrese! Arisen he sotheVoistina vozkrese!)*****Iyaric Patwa - Krestos a uprisinSerbian – Христос васкрсе! Ваистину васкрсе! (Khristos vaskrse! Seen, him a uprisin fe truVaistinu vaskrse!)***Croatian – Krist uskrsnu! Uistinu uskrsnu!*Frisian - Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!*West Slavic****High GermanCzech – Kristus vstal z mrtvých! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvých!*****German - Christus ist auferstandenSlovak – Kristus vstal z mŕtvych! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstandenSkutočne vstal (z mŕtvych)!***Polish – Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał! **Yiddish - Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanenAlbanian (Tosk) – Krishti u ngjall! Avade er iz ufgeshtanenVërtet u ngjall!****Low German*****Dutch - Christus Armenian – Քրիստոս հարյա՜վ ի մեռելոց: Օրհնյա՜լ է Հարությունը Քրիստոսի: (Khristos haryav i merelotz! Orhnyal e Harouthyoune Khristosi!) – (Lit: Christ is opgestaanrisen! Hij Blessed is waarlijk opgestaan!the resurrection of Christ!) *****Afrikaans - Kristus het opgestaan! Hy het waarlik opgestaan!Germanic languages***North West Germanic languages****Danish - Kristus er opstandenEnglish – "Christ is risen! Sandelig Han er OpstandenTruly, He is risen!****Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn" ''or'' "Christ is risen! Hann er vissulega upprisinnIndeed, He is risen!****Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden" ''or'' "Christ is risen! Han er sannelig oppstandenHe is risen, indeed!"****Swedish - Kristus är uppståndenOld English (Anglo–Saxon) – Crist aras! Crist sodhlice aras! (Lit: Christ arose! Ja, Han är verkligen uppståndenChrist surely arose!)**Italic languages***Latin - Christus ResurrexitMiddle English – Crist is arisen! Vere ResurrexitArisen he sothe!***Romance languages****Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risortoIyaric Patwa – Krestos a uprisin! Seen, him a uprisin fe tru!***German – Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!*Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!****French - Le Christ est ressuscitéDutch – Christus is opgestaan! Vraiment Il est ressuscitéHij is waarlijk opgestaan!****Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou(Netherlands) ''or'' Christus is verrezen! Verdadeiramente ressuscitouHij is waarlijk verrezen!(Belgium)****Romanian - Hristos a înviatAfrikaans – Christus het opgestaan! Adevărat a înviatHy het waarlik opgestaan!****Spanish - Cristo ha resucitadoFrisian – Kristus is opstien! Verdaderamente, ha resucitadoWis is er opstien!***Yiddish – Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanen! Avade er iz ufgeshtanen!**Slavic languagesNorth Germanic***[[Church Slavonic]] - (Christos VoskreseSwedish – Kristus är uppstånden! Voistinu VoskreseHan är sannerligen uppstånden!)***EastDanish – Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!****Russian - Христос ВоскресеNorwegian – Kristus er oppstanden! Воистину ВоскресеHan er sannelig oppstanden! (Khristos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!)****Belarusian - Хрыстос уваскросIcelandic – Kristur er upprisinn! Сапраўды ўваскросHann er sannarlega upprisinn! (Khrystos Uvaskros *Italic languages**Latin – Christus resurrexit! Saprawdy WvaskrosResurrexit vere!) **Romance languages***Ukrainian - Христос ВоскресRomanian – Hristos a înviat! Воістину Воскрес! (Khrystos VoskresAdevărat a înviat! Voistynu Voskres!)***South*Istro-Romanian dialect – Uscrâsnit–å Isus Crist! Zaista uscrâsnit–å!****Bulgarian Macedo- Христос Возкресе! Воистина Возкресе! Romanian (Christos VozkreseAromanian) dialect – Hristolu anyie! Voistina VozkreseDe–alihea anyie!)****Serbian Megleno- Христос Воскресе! Ваистину Воскресе! (Christos VoskreseRomanian dialect – Hristos anghii! Vaistinu VoskreseIstana anghii!)***West****Czech - Kristus vstal z mrtvýchFrench – Le Christ est ressuscité! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvýchEn verité il est ressuscité!****Slovak - Kristus vstal zmŕtvych''or'' Le Christ est ressuscité! Skutočne vstalVraiment il est ressuscité!****Polish - Chrystus zmartwychwstałItalian – Cristo è risorto! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstałÈ veramente risorto!**Baltic languages*Spanish – ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!***Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlėPortuguese – Cristo ressuscitou! Tikrai prisikėlėEm verdade ressuscitou!**Celtic languages*Catalan – Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!***Goidelic languagesGalician – Cristo resucitou! De verdade resucitou!****Old Irish - Asréracht CrístProvençal – Lo Crist es ressuscitat! Asréracht Hé-som co dearbEn veritat es ressuscitat!****Irish - Tá Críost éiritheRomansh – Cristo es rinaschieu! Go deimhinIn varded, tá sé éiritheel es rinaschieu!****Manx - Taw Creest Ereen! Taw Shay Ereen GuhdyneSardinian – Cristu est resuscitadu! Aberu est resuscitadu!****Scots Gaelic - Tha Crìosd air èiridhSicilian – Cristu arrivisciutu esti! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridhPibbiru arrivisciutu esti!***Brythonic Walloon – Li Crist a raviké! Il a raviké podbon! *Baltic languages****Breton - Dasorc'het eo Krist Latvian – Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! E wirionez eo dasorc'het Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!****Welsh - Atgyfododd CristLithuanian – Kristus prisikėlė! Yn wir atgyfododdTikrai prisikėlė! **Indo-Iranian Celtic languages***Indic languagesGoidelic****Sanskrit - (Krista uttitahaOld Irish – Asréracht Críst! Satvam uttitahaAsréracht Hé–som co dearb!)****Southern ZoneIrish – Tá Críost éirithe! Go deimhin, tá sé éirithe!*****Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla aheManx – Taw Creest Ereen! Kharokhar uthla aheTaw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!)**Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall*Scottish Gaelic – Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!**Brythonic***Breton – Dassoret eo Krist! Vërtet u ngjallE wirionez dassoret eo!**Armenian - Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos harjav i merelotz*Cornish – Thew Creest dassorez! Orhniale harutjun ChristosiEn weer thewa dassorez! -- Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)**Greek - Χριστός Ανέστη*Welsh – Atgyfododd Crist! Αληθώς ΑνέστηYn wir atgyfododd! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos Anesti!) *Altaic Indo–Iranian languages**Turkish - Hristós diril-DíPersian – !مسیح برخاسته است! به راستی برخاسته است (Masih barkhaste ast! Hakíkatén diril-DíBe rasti barkhaste ast!*Austronesian languages)**Malayo-PolynesianHindi – 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!)***WesternUrdu – !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!)****Chamorro - La'la'i i KristoMarathi – Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Magahet na luma'la' i KristoKharokhar uthla ahe!****Filipino (Tagalog) - Si Cristo ay nabuhaySanskrit – Krista uttitaha! Siya nga ay nabuhaySatvam uttitaha!****Indonesian ===Afro- Kristus sudah bangkit! Dia benar sudah bangkit.Asiatic languages===***Central-EasternSemitic languages****Carolinian Arabic (standard) – !المسيح قام! حقا قام (al- Lios a melau sefalMasīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām!) ''or'' !المسيح قام! بالحقيقة قام (al-Masīḥ qām! Meipung, a mahan sefalBi-l-ḥaqīqati qām!)**Aramaic languages***Hawaiian - Ua ala aʻe nei ʻo KristoSyriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡ! ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܩܡ (Mshiḥa qām! Sharīrāīth qām! ''or'' Mshiḥo Qom! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo IaShariroith Qom!)*Basque **Neo- Cristo BerbistuaSyriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡܠܗ! ܒܗܩܘܬܐ ܩܡܠܗ (Mshikha qimlih! Benatan BerbistuaBhāqota qimlih!)*Dravidian languages**Malayalam Turoyo- Syriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܝܡ! ܫܪܥܪܐܝܬ ܩܝܡ (Christu uyirthezhunnettuMshiḥo qāyem! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettuShariroith qāyem!)*Eskimo-Aleut *Ethiopian languages**Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq*Tigrigna – (Christos tensiou! Pichinuq ungwektaqBahake tensiou!)**Yupik - Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq*Amharic – (Kristos Tenestwal! Iluumun Ung-uixtuqBergit Tenestwal!)*Japanese - ハリストス復活！実に復活！ *Hebrew (modern) – !המשיח קם! באמת קם (Harisutosu fukkatsuHaMashiach qam! Jitsu ni fukkatsuBe'emet qam!)*Korean - 그리스도께서 부활하셨습니다*Maltese – Kristu qam! 참으로 부활하셨습니다Huwa qam tassew! (Kristo Gesso Buhwal ha sho sumnida''or'' Kristu qam mill-mewt! Chamuro Buhwal ha sho sumnidaHuwa qam tassew!) *Na-Dené languagesEgyptian**Athabaskan Coptic – ΠιχρίςΤος αϥτωΝϥ! ϦΕΝ οΥΜεθΜΗι αϥτωΝϥ! (Pikhristos Aftonf! Khen oumethmi aftonf!) ===Caucasian languages===*Kartvelian**Navajo - Christ daaztsáádéé' náádiidzááGeorgian – ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste agsdga! T'áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé' náádiidzááCheshmaritad agsdga!) *Northwest Caucasian*Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!*Abkhazian – Kyrsa Dybzaheit! Itzzabyrgny Dybzaheit! *Niger-Congo ===Dravidian languages===**Lugandan Kristo AzukkideMalayalam – ക്രിസ്തു ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! Kweli Azukkideതീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)**Swahili Tamil - Kristo Amefufukkaகிறிஸ்து உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார், மெய்யாகவே அவர் உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார். (Kirsthu ujirthu elunthar! Kweli AmefufukkaUnmaiyagave ujirthu elunthar!)*Quechuan Languages**Quechua ===Eskimo–Aleut languages===*Aleut - Cristo causarimpunñaKristusaq Aglagikuk! Ciertopuni causarimpunñaAngangulakan Aglagikuk!*Afro-Asiatic languagesAlutiq (Kodiak Aleut) – Kristusaq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!**Semitic languagesYupik – Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq! ***Central Semitic ===Mayan languages===*Tzotzil – Icha'kuxi Kajvaltik Kristo! Ta melel icha'kuxi!***[[Aramaic]] Tzeltal – Cha'kuxaj Kajwaltik Kristo! Ta melel cha'kuxaj! ===Austronesian languages===*Malayo-Polynesian**Western***Syriac - Filipino (Meshiha qamTagalog) – Si Kristo ay nabuhay! Totoo! Bashrira qamSiya nga ay nabuhay!)****South Central Semitic languagesIndonesian – Kristus telah bangkit! Dia benar-benar telah bangkit!*****Arabic languagesKapampangan – Y Cristo sinubli yang mebie! Sinubli ya pin mebie!***Cebuano – Si Kristo nabanhaw! Matuod nga Siya nabanhaw!***Arabic (FusChamorro – La'hah, la'i i.e., "standard") - (Al-Masih-QamKristo! Hakkan QamMagahet na luma'la' i Kristo!)**Central–Eastern****Maltese - Kristu qamCarolinian – Lios a melau sefal! Huwa qam tassewMeipung, a mahan sefal!*****Canaanite languagesHawaiian – Ua ala hou ʻo Kristo! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!******Hebrew (modern) - (HaMashiach hoo kamFijian – Na Karisito tucake tale! B'emet, hoo kamIo sa tucake tale!)***South Semitic Malagasy – Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Nitsangana marina tokoa izy! ===Na-Dené languages===*Athabaskan***Ethiopian languagesNavajo – Christ daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá! Tʼáá aaníí daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá!*****North Ethiopian Tlingit – Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot! ===Niger–Congo languages===*Gikuyu – Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!*****Tigrigna - (Christos tensiouIgbo – Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Bahake tensiouÉzia õ´ Bilíwõ!)*****South Ethiopian languagesLugandan – Kristo Azukkide! Kweli Azukkide!******Amharic - (Kristos TenestwalSwahili – Kristo Amefufukka! Bergit TenestwalKweli Amefufukka!)*Sino-Tibetan ===Turkic languages===*Turkish – Hristós diril–Dí! Hakíkatén diril–Dí!*Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jīdū fùhuó le; tā quèshí fùhuó leAzeri – Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!)*South Caucasian languagesChuvash – Христос чĕрĕлнĕ! Чăн чĕрĕлнĕ! (Khristós chərəlnə! Chæn chərəlnə!)**Georgian - ქრისტე აღსდგაUyghur – ! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგაئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى (Kriste aghsdgaƏysa tirildi! Cheshmaritad aghsdgaⱧəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!)*===Uralic languages===**Estonian - – Kristus on ülestõusnudüles tõusnud! Tõesti , Ta on ülestõusnudüles tõusnud!**Finnish - – Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!**Hungarian - – Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!**Meadow Mari - – Христос ылыж кынелын! Чынак ылыж кынелын! ===Other living languages===*UnclassifiedBasque – Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua! **A Nigerian language Japanese – ハリストス復活！実に復活！ (of many spoken there) - Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ BilíwõHarisutosu fukkatsu! Jitsu ni fukkatsu!) *Korean – 그리스도께서 부활하셨습니다! 참으로 부활하셨습니다! (Kristo Gesso Buhwal ha sho sumnida! Chamuro Buhwal ha sho sumnida!) *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! ===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!*Constructed languages**Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!**Quenya - – [[Image:Pascha_Tengwar.png|Tengwar Rendering]] (Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!)