Why was Christos Anesti sung at the Pope’s funeral? Because it’s the ancient cry of Christian hope: "Christ is risen from the dead!" This Greek chant, rooted in the early Church, reminds us that death is not the end — it’s the beginning of eternal life. Greek appears in Catholic worship because the first Christians lived in a Greek-speaking world. The New Testament was written in Greek, and the Church has preserved parts of this sacred heritage ever since — like "Kyrie eleison" and Christos Anes