The OC wall calendar is the title of a wall calendar and videos first published in 2012, featuring nude and semi-nude photographs of individuals dressed as members of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
According to the Huffington Post, the calendar's producers claimed the models were members of the Orthodox clergy; Romanian Orthodox Church authorities, in response, stated no Orthodox clergy were photographed for the calendar and that the claim there were was "calumny", and further called the calendar obscene.
[3] Launched in September 2012, the first edition of the calendar was met with positive reception from anti-homophobia advocates globally and in particular after it was covered by the Western press.
[citation needed] Buyers included gay communities, as well as women, liberal believers, and those interested in avant-garde photography as art or social commentary.
[1][failed verification] Though it was condemned by some in the Orthodox Church, buyers from many countries purchased the calendar online.