Overview
- Recent clips and photos show the framed print inside a wooden case apparently pouring aromatic resin, with a cloth and the table beneath visibly soaked.
- The image is a low-cost Sofrino-made replica reportedly rescued from a Toronto bargain bin and housed at Honolulu’s Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church.
- Parish priest Father Nectarios says he first noticed an overpowering myrrh scent in 1997 and later saw a bead form on the baby Jesus’s left knee.
- The Russian Orthodox Church recognized the icon as miraculous in 2008, after which the priest brought it to more than 100 churches across the United States and Europe.
- Believers report physical and spiritual healings and collect bottled resin, while skeptics explore natural explanations such as humidity or varnish.