«For the sake of the deceased, do not make cuts on your body and do not inscribe writings on yourself. I am the ✞Lord✞ [your ✞God✞]» (Leviticus, 19:28)
«𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 ✞𝕷𝕺𝕽𝕯✞ 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 ✞𝕲𝖔𝖉✞; 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖇𝖔𝖉𝖞, 𝖓𝖔𝖗 𝖈𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖎𝖗 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖊𝖞𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉; 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖆 𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖞 𝖕𝖊𝖔𝖕𝖑𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 ✞𝕷𝕺𝕽𝕯✞» (𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖔𝖒𝖞 14: 1-2)
«𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 ✞𝕷𝕺𝕽𝕯✞ 𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖘, "𝕾𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕬𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖓, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒:… 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖘, 𝖓𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖉𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘, 𝖓𝖔𝖗 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖇𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖘.»(𝕷𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖚𝖘 21: 1,5).
«𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 ✞𝕷𝕺𝕽𝕯✞ 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 ✞𝕲𝖔𝖉✞, 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝕰𝖌𝖞𝖕𝖙, 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖇𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖌𝖊. 𝕸𝖆𝖞 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖓𝖔 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖌𝖔𝖉𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 ✞𝕸𝖊✞» (𝕰𝖝𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖘 20: 2-3).

What would you say if you saw a painter who spoils the creation of a great artist: starts whitening the face drawn by his inspiration, pouring paint, blackening the eyebrows and eyelashes?
What if such amendments are offensive to the artist, then even more so to the ✞All-Wise Creator✞, who so wonderfully adorned man «who made him less than the angels» (Psalm. 8:6) for the ✞Great Artist✞, ✞Who✞ gave you your beauty <3

After all, you are the image of ✞God✞, what have you done to yourself? Who do you look like now?
The Orthodox Church does NOT approve of tattoos21 on the human body.