[B-Greek] He is Risen
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Sat Apr 3 16:07:16 EDT 2010
On Sat 3 Apr 2010 (04:31:21), cwconrad2 at mac.com wrote:
> The standard liturgical greeting is:
>
> ΧÏιÏÏá½¸Ï á¼Î½ÎÏÏη CRISTOS ANESTH
>
> And the response is:
>
> ᾿ÎνÎÏÏη á¼Î»Î·Î¸á¿¶Ï ANESTH ALHQWS
I asked my Greek Cypriot greengrocer on Thursday what the Greek
Easter greeting would be.
He told me "CRISTOS ANESTH."
The response, he added, was "ALHQINOS ANESTH."
That must be Demotic, not Koine.
ERRWSQE
Ben
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