Re: Easter greetings & response

Jonathan Robie (jonathan@texcel.no)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:17:13 -0500

At 12:28 PM 11/26/97 -0600, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

>The greeting: CRISTOS ANESTH
>The response: ANESTH ALHQWS

At Orthodox services I've been to, I recall the response in the reverse
order: ALHQWS ANESTH. (And I remember the same word order in other languages
like Ukranian: CHRISTOS VOSKRES, VOYISTENU VOSKRES, or however they spell
that....)

Jonathan
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