On Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, as we call it, it is traditional to greet one another with the joyful greeting: "Christ is Risen!" The reply is: "Truly He is risen!" We tend to say this in many languages. With a little help from Google Translate, I've put together the following list of the Paschal greeting and its reply in several different languages.
Greek: Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!
Arabic: Almasi Qam! Hakkan Qam!
Latin: Chritus Resurrexit! Vere resurrexit!
Russian: Khristos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!
French: Le Christ est ressuscité! En vérité, il est ressuscité!
Spanish: ¡Cristo ha resucitado! En verdad ha resucitado!
Norwegian: Kristus er oppstanden! Sannelig Han er oppstanden!
Romanian: Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
Italian: Cristo è risorto! Veramente è risorto!
Welsh: Crist Atgyfodedig! Yn wir Atgyfododd yn!
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! Christ is risen!
Indeed He is risen! :)
ReplyDeleteTruly He is risen! Great job finding that many languages!
ReplyDeleteWait, you're Orthodox? New calender or Old calender?
ReplyDeleteYes, I am! New calendar. Are you, too?
DeleteI am Orthodox, Old calender though. Still, you don't meet Orthodox people very often surfing blogs, so it was nice to see this post. My face when I spotted it was probably worthy of a photo or something, jaw on the floor and all that.
DeleteWow! No, you don't. Blessed Pentecost!
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