Is The Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh-Streaming Icon (2007) a real miracle?

Common questions

Is The Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh-Streaming Icon (2007) real or fake?

Miracles Jar's verdict is Unproven: claimed — the record can't carry it. Too thin a record to say either way. On the evidence, the record is thinly documented.

Has The Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh-Streaming Icon (2007) been debunked?

No — but it has not been confirmed either. The record is too thin to carry the claim in either direction. The natural alternative most often raised is spontaneous remission & the body's own recovery.

What is the evidence for The Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh-Streaming Icon (2007)?

Miracles Jar weighs 3 sources for this case. Points that support the claim: ROCOR officially recognized the icon as miraculous in June 2008, permitting wide veneration tours; and Streaming reportedly continues in measurable quantities during liturgical seasons, observed by many witnesses. Points that cut against it: Analysis of other myrrh-streaming icons in Russia has found vegetable oils in most cases; no independent analysis of this icon is published; and Temperature differentials causing drying oil (linseed/walnut) from the icon's surface treatment to weep through the paint layer is a documented natural mechanism.

What is the natural explanation for The Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh-Streaming Icon (2007)?

The leading natural account is spontaneous remission & the body's own recovery. Diseases sometimes resolve without treatment, or despite it. “Spontaneous” rarely means “no mechanism” — more often it means a mechanism we are only beginning to instrument. The full breakdown shows where that explanation holds — and where it stops.

When and where did The Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh-Streaming Icon (2007) happen?

It is said to have occurred First observed October 6, 2007 in Kailua, Hawaii, USA; subsequently Holy Theotokos of Iveron Church, Hawaii.