There is an absolute FLOOD of “Orthodox” AI slop resources out there. We have had this policy for years, but it deserves a spot on the blog: we don’t create or carry any products that were created with generative AI. There’s a lot of reasons for that, and the graphics below explain a few of them. And if you’ve just got a hankering for theologically incorrect coloring books, don’t worry, Amazon has got you covered! 😜

Creating things like the Orthodox Children’s Calendar is a *lengthy* process when every image is hand painted or drawn, every part of the text painstakingly researched. But all that time spent immersing ourselves in icons and theology— what a gift!! We often talk about how one of the best parts of this business is how good it is for our souls, and no way are we outsourcing theosis!

This is an example of AI slop in an “Orthodox” coloring book that is widely available. An iconographer or trained Orthodox artist would NEVER create a nonsense image like this.