The Paschal kulich resembles artos in form. However, this artos that is brought to the festive table does have bakery goods, and sweetening, and raisins, and nuts, and does not go stale for weeks. It is aromatic, beautiful heavy, and can stay good without spoiling, for all forty days of Pascha. The Paschal kulich on the festive table symbolizes the presence of God in the world and in human life. The sweetness, bakery goods, and beauty in this way express the Lord's concern for all human existence, His compassion, mercy, condescension to the infirmities of human nature, His willingness to listen to any prayer, to come to the aide of the least sinners.
The name the "Sweetest" given to the Lord Jesus is one of the most ancient akathists and helps one to understand the symbolism of the Paschal kulich. - Archpriest Michael Vorobiev
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