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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Greetings When East and West Coincide

This is one of those years when both the Eastern and Western churches, Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Oriental Orthodox (Copts, Armenians, Ethiopians, Syriac, some Assyrians), the Church of the East (other Assyrians), the Indian churches and everybody celebrate Easter on the same day. To the troubled Eastern Christians in particular, greetings!

Christ is Risen! 

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! 
!المسيح قام
ⲠⲓⲬⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ! 
Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜!
 !ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܩܡ
!ܒܗܩܘܬܐ ܩܡܠܗ

Pardon me if I got anyone's Paschal greeting wrong. Or if my spellings are wrong; I don't know all these languages.

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