[B-Greek] Easter question

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 2 07:17:08 EDT 2007


> My friend got an email from one of his friends in
> Athens, Greece. She signed it KAI KALO PASCA. Now I
> know she is not Jewish. Could someone explain how
> PASCA is the Greek equivolent of Easter? I note that
> the Passover occurs near in time to Easter, but are
> they equivolent?
> 
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas

This year the Orthodox Pascha coincides with the 
Catholic/Protestant Easter. Usually they are on different 
Sundays. Your friend should email in response (but use the 
Greek letters, not the B-Greek transliteration scheme):

CRISTOS ANESTH (pronounced: Christos Anesti in Modern 
Greek)

or

CRISTOS ANESTH EK NEKRWN
QANATWi QANATON PATHSAS
KAI TOIS EN TOIS MNHMASI
ZWHN CARISAMENOS

which are the words to the chant that is repeated 
endlessly at the Pascha service, which commences shortly 
before midnight Saturday night and extends to nearly 
dawn when the Lenten + Holy Week fast is broken.

Books on church history should explain the use of the term 
"Pascha" and "Easter," and the quartodeciman controversy 
over when to celebrate it.

But that's not a Greek grammar/meaning topic.



  Eric S. Weiss


 
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