(RNS) While there have been other llectns of relig p-up men, the Orthodox Calendar aims to make a polil pot agast the Orthodox church that the creators say are plic tryg to keep gays and lbians the closet.
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- ROMANIAN ORTHODOX 'PRITS' STRIP OFF FOR GAY LENDAR THEY SAY WILL BRG 'HOPE, JOY AND FORT'
- RACY ORTHODOX CALENDAR PH GAY RIGHTS AHEAD OF RSIAN OLYMPICS
- NAKED 'PRITS' LENDAR MOCKS RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAWS
- ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE
ROMANIAN ORTHODOX 'PRITS' STRIP OFF FOR GAY LENDAR THEY SAY WILL BRG 'HOPE, JOY AND FORT'
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RACY ORTHODOX CALENDAR PH GAY RIGHTS AHEAD OF RSIAN OLYMPICS
The men behd the Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar say pays tribute to gay marriage, which, 'is the news all around the world and very timely'. * orthodox calendar gay *
Call them men of very ltle blsed members of the Eastern Orthodox Church are strikg a pose for a "homoerotic" lendar to prott anti-gay attus the relign.
"The prits set out, a humoro way, to remd the world that homosexualy is not one of the seven adly ss, " OC creators said a statement about the lendar. "The primary goal was to create the very first anized global effort agast homophobia the Orthodox regn, " lendar creators also expla on the project's webse.
NAKED 'PRITS' LENDAR MOCKS RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAWS
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"At the same time, the lendar tak an ironic approach to the Orthodox Church self, which recent years has been embroiled artist reprsn, qutnable behavr and homophobia.
"OC's creative team hails om Romania, but the project is aimed at all untri which the Orthodox Church is prent pecially Rsia, where Patriarch Kirill scribed the legalizatn of gay marriage as a "dangero, apolyptic sign.
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE
In a provotive stunt to remd believers that homosexualy is not a adly s, a gay rights group has published a lendar featurg almost-naked "Orthodox Christian prits," posg an alleged Mosw regn church. * orthodox calendar gay *
" Ined, Rsian relig lears' homophobic proclamatns have exacerbated the persecutn of LGBT persons.
In June 2013, the Rsian parliament passed a law barrg gay "propaganda. " Acrdg to The Guardian, "the law effect mak illegal to equate straight and gay relatnships, as well as the distributn of material on gay rights.
Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar creators say pays tribute to gay marriageShots clu nu mols readg bible and posg on bed clutchg some rosary beads Published: 12:14 BST, 7 January 2014 | Updated: 07:53 BST, 8 January 2014 Advertisement A new lendar created by Romanian Orthodox Christians featurg mcular male mols steamy pos has been men behd the Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar say pays tribute to gay marriage, which, they say, 'is the news all around the world and very timely'. The mols are gay-iendly members 'of the Orthodox Church' who have chosen to strip down for the sexy shoot 'bee they believe - like - eedom of speech, tolerance, equaly and human rights.
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The men behd the Romanian Orthodox 2014 lendar say pays tribute to gay marriage, which, they say, 'is the news all around the world and very timely' 'A great gift for people who like illtratns, artwork, artistic photography, and ntroversial art their r, ' say the makers of the lendar The creative group was tablished 2012 and is the brachild of a group posed mostly of Orthodox eastern Europeans of the former munist regn Wrg on their webse they say their primary goal is to 'monstrate that Orthodox believers do not all f the backward, hibound stereotype portrayed the prs but rather are regular people wh passns, preferenc, terts and sir.
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'At the same time, the lendar tak an ironic approach to the Orthodox Church self, which recent years has baeen embroiled rptn sndals, artist reprsn, gay sex ver-ups, outrageo behavr and homophobia, ' they add. Wh bold lors, homoerotic unrton, OC’s artwork has drawn parisons to Amerin photographer David LaChapelle and French artists Pierre & ssns and stg took place the predomantly Orthodox area of Eastern Europe.
On the eve of the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia, a group of Eastern Orthodox Christians is prottg Rsia’s anti-gay laws a lendar featurg nghty nu drawgs of gay men.