Skip to main content

Home Culture Culture Sexuality

‘Orthodox priests’ fight homophobia with NSFW calendar

By Will Stroude

If there’s one way we love to fight homophobia, it’s with as little clothing as possible.

The Romanian team behind the controversy-baiting ‘Orthodox calender’ are back for 2016, with possibly their most NSFW shoot yet to help demonstrate “that desires and temptations do not know gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, opinion or beliefs, ability, age or any other status and certainly not borders.”

This year’s edition is titled ‘Sancta Paraphilia,’ which creators say translates to “holy desires, or sexual practices that differ from the traditional,” and is also notable for the totally inspired cover image, which features Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill I in some seriously skimpy lingerie.

5616d5c814000024003c7d19

You can take a look at some of the ridiculously hot highlights of this year’s shoot below – but be warned, they’re not for the faint-hearted…

5616d5c91400002200c7982f 5616d5c81200002e007e4b57 5616d5c91400002200c7982e 5616d5c91200002e007e4b5a 5616d5c912000026007e4b5b 5616d5c81200002e007e4b59 5616d5c81400002200c7982d 5616d5c91400002200c79830

Check out the steamy promo video for ‘Sancta Paraphilia’ below:

You can get your hands on a copy of the Orthodox Calendar 2016 here.

More stories:
Olly Alexander and Neil Milan mark National Coming Out Day amid split reports
Justin Bieber’s dad tweets creepy response to son’s nudes