Christ ist erstanden (disambiguation)

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Christ ist erstanden (Christ is risen) is a German Easter hymn and is possibly the oldest Christian liturgical German song.

It can also refer to:

See also

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  • "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!" (German title: "Christus ist erstanden") is a German Christian hymn written by Michael Weisse in 1531 based on an earlier Bohemian hymn of the same name. It was translated into English in 1858 by Catherine Winkworth.
  • "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, written by Charles Wesley, the co-founder of the Methodist Church, in 1739 where it was initially titled "Hymn for Easter Day". He based it on an older anonymous Bohemian hymn titled "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"