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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'

Orthodox Calendar sexy humor to bat homophobia.

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.

RACY ORTHODOX CALENDAR PH GAY RIGHTS AHEAD OF RSIAN OLYMPICS

"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. "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.

" Ined, Rsian relig lears' homophobic proclamatns have exacerbated the persecutn of LGBT persons.

NAKED 'PRITS' LENDAR MOCKS RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAWS

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.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE

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.

'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. Photo urty of Tienne/(RNS) 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.

Orthodox Calendar, sold primarily onle, featur lorful illtratns of gay men eye-tchg stum — thk tut and a Capta Ameri pe — and provotive pos and settgs that sometim clu cross and ccifix. ” lendar by the Hungarian artist Tienne will be ed to battle discrimatn agast gays Rsia. While there have been other llectns of relig p-up men — thk manly Mormon missnari, nice Jewish boys to brg home to Mom, even “Roman beefke” Catholic prits — 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.

“Our wall lendars reprent the very first anized global effort agast homophobia the Orthodox Church, ” Magdalena Iona, a spokwoman for Orthodox Calendar, wrote an email terview. A send 2014 lendar featurg full-lor photographs of gay Orthodox men posg as prits or their tanned, tattooed and totally naked admirers is tend to support gay marriage, Iona said. Bee of negative attus toward homosexualy their untri, they wish to rema anonymo, Iona said.

That lendar, Iona said, featured photographs of gay men “and their guts” and was tend to promote uny, tolerance and eedom of speech. Last year’s lendar foced on gay marriage, wh pictur of gay upl. The ia for this year’s lendar foc me when Rsian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill said last July that gay marriage would lead to the apolypse, Iona said.

Meanwhile, some of the artwork will be displayed at a gallery Stuttgart, Germany, durg next year’s Gay Pri celebratn.