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.
4 claims
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.
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.