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! Truly, He is RisenВоистину воскресе!(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!)******Middle English - Crist is arisenRusyn – Хрістос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Hristos voskres! Arisen he sotheVoistynu voskres!)**South Slavic***Iyaric Patwa - Krestos a uprisinBulgarian – Христос възкресе! Воистина възкресе! Seen, him a uprisin fe tru(Khristos vozkrese! Voistina vozkrese!)****Frisian - Kristus is opstienSerbian – Христос васкрсе! Ваистину васкрсе! Wis is er opstien(Khristos vaskrse!Vaistinu vaskrse!)****High German*****German - Christus ist auferstandenCroatian – Krist uskrsnu! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstandenUistinu uskrsnu!**West Slavic***Yiddish - Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanenCzech – Kristus vstal z mrtvých! Avade er iz ufgeshtanenVpravdě vstal z mrtvých!****Low German**Slovak – Kristus vstal z mŕtvych! Skutočne vstal (z mŕtvych)!***Dutch - Christus is opgestaanPolish – Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Hij is waarlijk opgestaanPrawdziwie zmartwychwstał! *****Afrikaans - Kristus het opgestaanAlbanian (Tosk) – Krishti u ngjall! Hom het waarlik opgestaanVërtet u ngjall!***North Germanic languages****Danish - Kristus er opstandenArmenian – Քրիստոս հարյա՜վ ի մեռելոց: Օրհնյա՜լ է Հարությունը Քրիստոսի: (Khristos haryav i merelotz! Sandelig Han er OpstandenOrhnyal e Harouthyoune Khristosi!****Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn) – (Lit: Christ is risen! Hann er vissulega upprisinnBlessed is the resurrection of Christ!) *Germanic languages**West Germanic***Norwegian - Kristus er oppstandenEnglish – "Christ is risen! Han er sannelig oppstandenTruly, He is risen!****Swedish - Kristus är uppstånden" ''or'' "Christ is risen! JaIndeed, Han är verkligen uppståndenHe is risen!**Italic languages***Latin - Christus resurrexit" ''or'' "Christ is risen! Resurrexit vereHe is risen, indeed!"***Romance languages****Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risortoOld English (Anglo–Saxon) – Crist aras!****Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitatsodhlice aras! Veritablement ha ressuscitat(Lit: Christ arose!****French - Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment Il est ressuscitésurely arose!)****Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitouMiddle English – Crist is arisen! Verdadeiramente ressuscitouArisen he sothe!****Romanian - Hristos Iyaric Patwa – Krestos a înviatuprisin! Adevărat Seen, him a înviatuprisin fe tru!****Spanish - Cristo ha resucitadoGerman – Christus ist auferstanden! Verdaderamente, ha resucitadoEr ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!**Slavic languages***Church Slavonic - Dutch – Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan! (Christos VoskreseNetherlands) ''or'' Christus is verrezen! Voistinu VoskreseHij is waarlijk verrezen!(Belgium)***EastAfrikaans – Christus het opgestaan! Hy het waarlik opgestaan!****Russian - Христос ВоскресеFrisian – Kristus is opstien! Воистину Воскресе! (Khristos VoskreseWis is er opstien! Voistinu Voskrese!)****Belarusian - Хрыстос уваскросYiddish – Der Meschiache undzer iz geshtanen! Сапраўды ўваскросAvade er iz ufgeshtanen! (Khrystos Uvaskros! Saprawdy Wvaskros!) ****Ukrainian - Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! (Khrystos Voskres! Voistynu Voskres!)North Germanic***SouthSwedish – Kristus är uppstånden! Han är sannerligen uppstånden!****Bulgarian - Христос ВозкресеDanish – Kristus er opstanden! Воистина ВозкресеSandelig Han er Opstanden! (Christos Vozkrese***Norwegian – Kristus er oppstanden! Voistina VozkreseHan er sannelig oppstanden!)****Serbian - Христос ВоскресеIcelandic – Kristur er upprisinn! Ваистину ВоскресеHann er sannarlega upprisinn! (Christos Voskrese! Vaistinu Voskrese!) ***WestItalic languages****Czech - Kristus vstal z mrtvýchLatin – Christus resurrexit! Vpravdě vstal z mrtvýchResurrexit vere!****Slovak - Kristus vstal zmŕtvych! Skutočne vstal!Romance languages****Polish - Chrystus ZmartwychwstałRomanian – Hristos a înviat! Zaprawdę ZmartwychwstałAdevărat a înviat!**Baltic languages***Lithuanian Istro- Kristus prisikėlėRomanian dialect – Uscrâsnit–å Isus Crist! Tikrai prisikėlėZaista uscrâsnit–å!**Celtic languages***Goidelic languagesMacedo-Romanian (Aromanian) dialect – Hristolu anyie! De–alihea anyie!****Old Irish Megleno- Asréracht CrístRomanian dialect – Hristos anghii! Asréracht Hé-som co dearbIstana anghii!****Irish - Tá Críost éiritheFrench – Le Christ est ressuscité! Go deimhin, tá sé éiritheEn verité il est ressuscité! ''or'' Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment il est ressuscité!****Manx - Taw Creest EreenItalian – Cristo è risorto! Taw Shay Ereen GuhdyneÈ veramente risorto!***Spanish – ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!**Scots Gaelic - Tha Crìosd air èiridh*Portuguese – Cristo ressuscitou! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridhEm verdade ressuscitou!***Brythonic languagesCatalan – Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!****Breton - Dassoret eo KristGalician – Cristo resucitou! E wirionez dassoret eoDe verdade resucitou!****Welsh - Atgyfododd Provençal – Lo Cristes ressuscitat! Yn wir atgyfododdEn veritat es ressuscitat!**Indo-Iranian languages*Romansh – Cristo es rinaschieu! In varded, el es rinaschieu!***Indic languagesSardinian – Cristu est resuscitadu! Aberu est resuscitadu!****Sanskrit - (Kristo'pastitahaSicilian – Cristu arrivisciutu esti! Satvam UpastitahaPibbiru arrivisciutu esti!)***Walloon – Li Crist a raviké! Il a raviké podbon! *Southern ZoneBaltic languages**Latvian – Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!***Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla aheLithuanian – Kristus prisikėlė! Kharokhar uthla aheTikrai prisikėlė!) *Celtic languages**Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjallGoidelic***Old Irish – Asréracht Críst! Vërtet u ngjallAsréracht Hé–som co dearb!**Armenian - Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos harjav i merelotz*Irish – Tá Críost éirithe! Orhniale harutjun Christosi! -- Christ is risenGo deimhin, tá sé éirithe! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)**Greek - Χριστός Ανέστη*Manx – Taw Creest Ereen! Αληθώς Ανέστη! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos AnestiTaw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!)*Altaic languages**Turkish - Hristós diril-DíScottish Gaelic – Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Hakíkatén diril-DíGu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!*Austronesian languages**Malayo-PolynesianBrythonic***Western**Breton – Dassoret eo Krist! E wirionez dassoret eo!**Chamorro - La'la'i i Kristo*Cornish – Thew Creest dassorez! Magahet na luma'la' i KristoEn weer thewa dassorez!****Filipino (Tagalog) - Si Cristo ay nabuhayWelsh – Atgyfododd Crist! Siya nga ay nabuhayYn wir atgyfododd! *Indo–Iranian languages***Indonesian - Kr�?stus tÉlah BangkitPersian – ! Benár día têlah Bángkitمسیح برخاسته است!به راستی برخاسته است (Masih barkhaste ast! Be rasti barkhaste ast!)***Central-EasternHindi – 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!)****Carolinian - Lios a melau sefalUrdu – ! Meipungیسوع مسیح زندہ ہو گیا ہے! ہاں یقیناً، وہ زندہ ہو گیا ہے (Yesu Masih zinda ho gaya hai! Haan yaqeenan, a mahan sefalwoh zinda ho gaya hai!)**Marathi – Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!**Hawaiian - Ua ala hou ´o kristo! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oiaSanskrit – Krista uttitaha! Satvam uttitaha!*Basque ===Afro- Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!Asiatic languages===*Dravidian Semitic languages**Malayalam Arabic (standard) – !المسيح قام! حقا قام (al- Masīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām!) ''or'' !المسيح قام! بالحقيقة قام (Christu uyirthezhunnettual-Masīḥ qām! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettuBi-l-ḥaqīqati qām!)*Eskimo-Aleut *Aramaic languages**Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq*Syriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡ! ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܩܡ (Mshiḥa qām! Sharīrāīth qām! ''or'' Mshiḥo Qom! Pichinuq ungwektaqShariroith Qom!)**Yupik *Neo- Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuqSyriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡܠܗ! ܒܗܩܘܬܐ ܩܡܠܗ (Mshikha qimlih! Iluumun Ung-uixtuqBhāqota qimlih!)*Japanese **Turoyo- ハリストス復活！実に復活！ Syriac – !ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܝܡ! ܫܪܥܪܐܝܬ ܩܝܡ (Harisutosu fukkatsuMshiḥo qāyem! Jitsu ni fukkatsuShariroith qāyem!)*Korean - *Ethiopian languages***Tigrigna – (Kristo GessoChristos tensiou! Buhar ha sho NayBahake tensiou!)*Na-Dené languages**Athabaskan languagesAmharic – (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)***Navajo - Christ daaztsáádéé' náádiidzááHebrew (modern) – !המשיח קם! באמת קם (HaMashiach qam! TBe'áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé' náádiidzááemet qam!)**Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digootMaltese – Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! Xegaa''or'' Kristu qam mill-kux Kuxwoo-digootmewt!Huwa qam tassew! *Niger-Congo languagesEgyptian**Lugandan Kristo AzukkideCoptic – ΠιχρίςΤος αϥτωΝϥ! Kweli AzukkideϦΕΝ οΥΜεθΜΗι αϥτωΝϥ!**Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka(Pikhristos Aftonf! Kweli AmefufukkaKhen oumethmi aftonf!)*Quechuan Languages**Quechua - Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!*Afro-Asiatic ===Caucasian languages===**Semitic languagesKartvelian***Central Semitic languagesGeorgian – ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste agsdga! Cheshmaritad agsdga!) ****Aramaic languagesNorthwest Caucasian*****Syriac - (Meshiha qamAbkhazian – Kyrsa Dybzaheit! Bashrira qamItzzabyrgny Dybzaheit!)****South Central Semitic languages*****Arabic ===Dravidian languages===*Malayalam – ക്രിസ്തു ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)*****Arabic (Fus'hahTamil - கிறிஸ்து உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார், i.eமெய்யாகவே அவர் உயிர்த்தெழுந்தார்., "standard") - (Al-Masih-QamKirsthu ujirthu elunthar! Hakkan QamUnmaiyagave ujirthu elunthar!) ===Eskimo–Aleut languages===******Maltese Aleut - Kristu qamKristusaq Aglagikuk! Huwa qam tassewAngangulakan Aglagikuk!*****Canaanite languages******Hebrew (modern) - (Ha Masheeha houh kamAlutiq (Kodiak Aleut) – Kristusaq ungwektaq! A ken kamPichinuq ungwektaq!)***South Semitic languagesYupik – Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq! ****Ethiopian ===Mayan languages===*Tzotzil – Icha'kuxi Kajvaltik Kristo! Ta melel icha'kuxi!****North Ethiopian Tzeltal – Cha'kuxaj Kajwaltik Kristo! Ta melel cha'kuxaj! ===Austronesian languages===*Malayo-Polynesian**Western***Tigrigna - *Filipino (Christos tensiouTagalog) – Si Kristo ay nabuhay! Totoo! Bahake tensiouSiya nga ay nabuhay!)*****South Ethiopian languagesIndonesian – Kristus telah bangkit! Dia benar-benar telah bangkit!******Amharic - (Kristos TenestwalKapampangan – Y Cristo sinubli yang mebie! Bergit Tenestwal Sinubli ya pin mebie!)*Sino-Tibetan languages**Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-leCebuano – Si Kristo nabanhaw! Ta queshi fuhuo-leMatuod nga Siya nabanhaw!)*South Caucasian languages**Georgian - ქრისტე �?ღსდგ�?! ჭეშმ�?რიტ�?დ �?ღსდგ�?Chamorro – La'la'i i Kristo!(Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdgaMagahet na luma'la' i Kristo!)*Uralic languages*Central–Eastern**Estonian - Kristus on ülestõusnud*Carolinian – Lios a melau sefal! Tõesti on ülestõusnudMeipung, a mahan sefal!**Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleista*Hawaiian – Ua ala hou ʻo Kristo! Totisesti nousiUa ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!**Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadt*Fijian – Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!**Malagasy – Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Valóban feltámadtNitsangana marina tokoa izy! ===Na-Dené languages===*UnclassifiedAthabaskan**A Nigerian language (of many spoken thereNavajo – Christ daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá! Tʼáá aaníí daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáá!*Tlingit – Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot! ===Niger–Congo languages===*Gikuyu – Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!*Igbo – Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!*Lugandan – 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!) - Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!*Constructed languages**Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis*Uyghur – !ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى (Əysa tirildi! Ⱨəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!) ===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! ===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!) *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!**Quenya - – [[Image:Pascha_Tengwar.png|Tengwar Rendering]] (Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!)