concept
Akathist to Jesus Christ ("to Jesus the Sweetest")
akafist to Jesus the Sweetest
also: акафист Иисусу Сладчайшему
One of the oldest and best-known akafisty in the Slavic Orthodox tradition, of Byzantine origin; Ieronim quotes several of its genuine lines, including its opening formula and the coined word "light-giving," as examples of the beauty he loved in Nikolai's models.
Reading notes
- On Holy Night §45 the akafist to Jesus the Sweetest
The Akathist to Jesus Christ, traditionally titled "to Jesus the Sweetest" (Иисусу Сладчайшему), is one of the oldest and best-known akafisty in the Slavic Orthodox tradition, of Byzantine origin and in wide devotional use by Chekhov's day; the lines Ieronim quotes from it are genuine liturgical text, not Chekhov's invention.