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Is The Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco a real miracle?

Assessed by Miracles Jar AI · 2026-06-10

ExplainedIt happened — nature explains it

Miracles Jar rates The Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco Explained. It happened — and nature accounts for it. Two scales drive that verdict: how extraordinary it would be if it truly happened — unusual, but explainable — and how strong the evidence is — some support.

How miraculous, if true

Unusual, but explainable

Does it break the laws of nature — if it really happened?

How strong the evidence

Some support

Is there evidence it's true?

Read the full investigation — the evidence, the sources, and how we weighed it

Common questions

Is The Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco real or fake?
Miracles Jar's verdict is Explained: it happened — nature explains it. It happened — and nature accounts for it. On the evidence, the record is some support.
Has The Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco been explained?
The event appears to have happened, but a natural explanation accounts for it — the leading account is spontaneous remission & the body's own recovery. It reads as remarkable rather than miraculous.
What is the evidence for The Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco?
Miracles Jar weighs 3 sources for this case. Points that support the claim: Episcopal commission of three archpastors formally documented the face, hands, and beard as visibly white and intact 27 years post-death; and Vestments had significantly decomposed (fell apart when touched), while the body showed much less deterioration — an unusual differential. Points that cut against it: Cool, sealed stone crypt with low airflow creates conditions documented to produce natural mummification without supernatural causation; and No independent forensic, dermatological, or pathological examination of the tissue was conducted.
What is the natural explanation for The Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco?
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 Incorrupt Relics of St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco happen?
It is said to have occurred Died July 2, 1966; relics uncovered September 28, 1993 in Holy Virgin Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA.

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