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XB: Often seen on folk pysanky from Ukraine.  The letters stand for Христос Воскрес (Khrystos Voskes), which is the Ukrainian Easter greeting “Christ is risen!”  The phrase may be written out in full, along with it’s traditional response of «Воістину Воскрес» (Voistynu Voskres), “Indeed He has risen!”

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