Greek Abbreviation
IS CS - Capital letters
IS is “Iêsous” or Jesus
CS is “Kristos” or “Christos” or Christ
IV CV - Small letters
Anglicized abbreviation is
IC XC
IC is “Iêsous” or Jesus
XC is “Kristos” or “Christos” or Christ
There must be one bar above the two sets of letters. The bar above the letters means an abbreviation.
The abbreviated letters for IS or IC are Iota and Sigma.
The abbreviated letters for CS or XC are Chi and Sigma.
An illustration of this abbreviation is at Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center, Holy Seal for Qurban for Holy Eucharist and the Antidoron
Greek spelled out Form
IHSOUS CRISTOS
IhsouV CristoV
The first word, “Iêsous” or “Jesus”, is Iota, Eta, Sigma, Omicron, Upsilon, and Sigma.
The second word, “Kristos” or “Christos” or “Christ”, is Chi, Rho , Iota, Sigma, Tau, Omicron, and Sigma.
Other Languages
Transliteration Iêsous Kristos or Iêsous Christos
Latinized Iesus Christus
Anglicized Jesus Christ
Arabic Anglicized form Yasou al-Masiih or Yasou el-Maseeh
New Testament
In the books of the New Testament which are written in Greek, the phrase " Iêsous ho Kristos" or " Iêsous ho Christos" is used. The word "ho" means "the" as The Only or The One. This phrase translates as "Jesus the Messiah" or "Jesus the Annointed" or "Jesus the Annointed One".
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