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.
3 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.
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.
A reproduction of the Iveron icon, entrusted to Chilean-Canadian Orthodox layman Jose Munoz-Cortes in Montreal in 1982, reportedly streamed fragrant myrrh almost continuously for 15 years until its guardian was murdered and the icon vanished.
A reproduction of the Iveron icon, entrusted to Chilean-Canadian Orthodox layman Jose Munoz-Cortes in Montreal in 1982, reportedly streamed fragrant myrrh almost continuously for 15 years until its guardian was murdered and the icon vanished.