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Dec 27, 2015 
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Priests Have Cats, Cats Have Priests…
A calendar featuring Russian Orthodox priests posing at home with their feline pets has gone viral in Russia. Priest + Cat is published by an association of Christian artists, who commissioned a photographer to capture 12 smiling clerics in traditional robes.
Aimed at “promoting modern Orthodox culture”, the calendar starts with archpriest Oleg Batov and his cat Apelsin. Mr February – archpriest Pyotr Dynnikov, who also runs an animal shelter – is photographed with his two pets Angola and Vasik.
While the latest issue of the famous Pirelli Calendar might have signalled a cultural shift by foregoing its usual provocative nudes, the makers of Priest + Cat hope to challenge the idea that traditional Orthodox calendars must depict saints and icons.
The project’s coordinator, Xenia Loutchenko of Pravmir religious news website, said Priest + Cat should be considered as the Russian Orthodox answer to the annual Italian Calendario Romano, featuring handsome Catholic priests, and the I gatti di Roma calendar, featuring Rome’s city cats.
Loutchenko says the casting process for the calendar was spontaneous: “It was whoever had a cat and was ready to pose for a photo,” she said.
She said the calendar is not officially supported by the Russian Orthodox Church, and was inspired by a photography book about the everyday lives of Russian clergy. “I don’t see a big sin here,” Russian Orthodox Church spokesman, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, said of the calendar. “Priests have cats, cats have priests, sometimes cats even live in a church. I wouldn’t put such a calendar up on my wall, though.”
The Priest + Cat calendar had an initial print run of 1,000 copies but now looks set to print more as demand surges.
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