The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
6 claims
Hundreds of Orthodox Christian icons have reportedly streamed myrrh-like oil since the late twentieth century, with clusters in Russia, North America, and Greece; scientific explanations include capillary action, oil condensation, and deliberate application, though none fully account for all reported cases.
Hundreds of Orthodox Christian icons have reportedly streamed myrrh-like oil since the late twentieth century, with clusters in Russia, North America, and Greece; scientific explanations include capillary action, oil condensation, and deliberate application, though none fully account for all reported cases.
On January 17, 1871, four children in the French village of Pontmain reported seeing an apparition of a tall woman in the night sky surrounded by stars; adults present saw only a bright star, and a ceasefire followed within days.
On January 17, 1871, four children in the French village of Pontmain reported seeing an apparition of a tall woman in the night sky surrounded by stars; adults present saw only a bright star, and a ceasefire followed within days.
At the 1903 canonization of Seraphim of Sarov, attended by 200,000 including Tsar Nicholas II, numerous healings were reported at the translation of his relics — even though the pre-canonization commission had found the body was NOT incorrupt.
At the 1903 canonization of Seraphim of Sarov, attended by 200,000 including Tsar Nicholas II, numerous healings were reported at the translation of his relics — even though the pre-canonization commission had found the body was NOT incorrupt.
In October 2007, a reproduction of the Iveron icon belonging to an Orthodox couple in Kailua, Hawaii began streaming fragrant oil and was recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church as miraculous the following year.
In October 2007, a reproduction of the Iveron icon belonging to an Orthodox couple in Kailua, Hawaii began streaming fragrant oil and was recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church as miraculous the following year.
The 16th-century Russian monastic founder's relics, seized by Soviet authorities in 1918, survived a Bolshevik examination that expected to expose fraud, and were returned to his monastery in 1998 after rediscovery in a Leningrad anatomical museum.
The 16th-century Russian monastic founder's relics, seized by Soviet authorities in 1918, survived a Bolshevik examination that expected to expose fraud, and were returned to his monastery in 1998 after rediscovery in a Leningrad anatomical museum.
Russia's most-traveled wonder-working icon, the 13th-century Kursk Root Icon of the Sign, survived a 1898 bomb blast that destroyed its iron canopy and marble pedestal while leaving the icon and its glass untouched.
Russia's most-traveled wonder-working icon, the 13th-century Kursk Root Icon of the Sign, survived a 1898 bomb blast that destroyed its iron canopy and marble pedestal while leaving the icon and its glass untouched.