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.
12 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.
Beginning August 2000, thousands of witnesses in Assiut, Egypt reported luminous figures and glowing doves over St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church over a period of months, with Coptic Pope Shenouda III affirming the apparitions' validity.
Beginning August 2000, thousands of witnesses in Assiut, Egypt reported luminous figures and glowing doves over St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church over a period of months, with Coptic Pope Shenouda III affirming the apparitions' validity.
On the night of December 10-11, 2009, a luminous figure described as the Virgin Mary appeared over the domes of the Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary church in Warraq al-Hadar, Greater Cairo, witnessed by over 200,000 people within two weeks.
On the night of December 10-11, 2009, a luminous figure described as the Virgin Mary appeared over the domes of the Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary church in Warraq al-Hadar, Greater Cairo, witnessed by over 200,000 people within two weeks.
Between April 1968 and 1971, luminous phenomena appearing in the form of a robed female figure were reported repeatedly over St. Mary's Coptic Church in Zeitoun, Cairo, witnessed by hundreds of thousands including non-Christians.
Between April 1968 and 1971, luminous phenomena appearing in the form of a robed female figure were reported repeatedly over St. Mary's Coptic Church in Zeitoun, Cairo, witnessed by hundreds of thousands including non-Christians.
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.
Each Orthodox Holy Saturday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch emerges from Christ's Tomb bearing candles said to have been lit by spontaneous blue flame — claimed as the longest-attested annual Christian miracle.
Each Orthodox Holy Saturday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch emerges from Christ's Tomb bearing candles said to have been lit by spontaneous blue flame — claimed as the longest-attested annual Christian miracle.
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.
Archbishop John Maximovitch (1896-1966), canonized in 1994, was found with largely incorrupt remains at a 1993 exhumation in San Francisco — his face, hands, and beard visibly preserved 27 years after death.
Archbishop John Maximovitch (1896-1966), canonized in 1994, was found with largely incorrupt remains at a 1993 exhumation in San Francisco — his face, hands, and beard visibly preserved 27 years after death.
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.
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.
The icon central to Pontic Greek Orthodox identity, attributed by tradition to St. Luke the Evangelist, was secretly buried by monks in 1923 at the time of the Lausanne population exchange and successfully recovered and transferred to Greece in 1931.
The icon central to Pontic Greek Orthodox identity, attributed by tradition to St. Luke the Evangelist, was secretly buried by monks in 1923 at the time of the Lausanne population exchange and successfully recovered and transferred to Greece in 1931.