Is it possible to consecrate an AI icon?translated

Reader question:

Good afternoon! I read that a Catholic AI icon was consecrated in Belarus. Tell me, is this possible in Orthodoxy?

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Mikhail SAMOKHIN

Press Secretary of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese;  Head of Information and Publishing Department; head of the missionary department of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese.

God bless you!

Yes, and I saw online comments from priests about the first officially painted AI icon, which was presented in a Catholic church in Belarus.

Opinions were divided. Some priests say that such icons are soulless, others say that no one will go into details of exactly how the image was created if it is beautiful and likes it.

I think that when assessing new phenomena and the use of new technologies, in principle, you need to understand how possible and acceptable they are, and not just the very top layer of the issue - convenience and technological capabilities.

I will give examples of facts that have been known for a long time. The phonogram of a professional choir sometimes sounds better than a live choir in some church, especially if it is not a professional choir. But the soundtrack at the service is inappropriate, because it’s not for nothing that the choir is called...