Orthodox clothing, made with imagination.

I’m an Orthodox Christian, and for a long time I couldn’t find Orthodox clothing I actually wanted to wear. A lot of it felt dated or stopped at the most familiar symbols. I wanted something that was clearly Orthodox without looking like event merchandise: shirts with a real idea behind them, good typography, and some imagination. So I started making them.

The name Paradosis means “that which is handed down.” It fits because the faith isn’t my invention. I received it, and I have a responsibility to pass it on. A shirt can’t carry the whole weight of that, but it can serve as a reminder or, now and then, start a conversation.

Each design starts with something specific. Sometimes it’s a passage of Scripture or a line from a prayer. Sometimes it’s the words of a saint, an image I can’t get out of my head, or a typographic idea. And sometimes, honestly, it’s a joke from ordinary parish life.

From there, I work out what the idea should look like. Some become engraved plates, some are mostly type, and others are more playful. I don’t want to put a familiar symbol on the front of a shirt and call it finished. When a design is funny, the joke is on our own habits, not on the faith.

I develop each design from the initial idea through the final composition. AI is one of the tools I use along the way, but I make the choices, edit the results, handle the typography, and prepare the finished artwork.

I use Comfort Colors shirts because I like their overall quality and muted, garment-dyed colors. I wear one of the samples myself—the one with the log in the eye—so the choice wasn’t made from a product photo alone.

The shirts are printed to order in the United States by a production partner and sent directly to the customer. That lets Paradosis stay small and make only what someone has actually ordered.