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**AutocadOemM** · 09-06-2012, 08:06 AM

For example the Hawaii Myrrh-streaming Iviron Mother of God.

Fr David Another is the icon of St Nicholas of Myra, a mounted print produced by the St Issac Skete in Wisconsin. Here's a post of mine from an old thread:

I might add also that there is a recent example of a myrrh-streaming icon of St Nicholas of Myra, a printed icon laminated with plastic and mounted on board, which was produced by a monastery in Wisconsin. The interesting thing is that this icon was considered "unfit" for sale by the monastery, because of a flaw in the mounting process. Such icons were given away, not sold, to visitors to the monastery for this reason.

An Orthodox priest from Indiana acquired one of these icons, and, in 1996, on the morning of the feast-day of St Nicholas, the icon which had been placed on the main icon stand in the church began streaming myrrh. It has done so ever since, and miracles have been reported from those who have venerated the icon or have been anointed with the myrrh. Despite extensive examination, no rational or scientific explanation for this phenomenon has been found.

I was privileged to see and venerate this icon when it came to Australia in late 2000, and, on hearing its history, I couldn't help thinking of the passage "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" - that even an ordinary printed icon which was deemed not good enough for sale, but simply given away, became a source of miracles.

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AutocadOemM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 532 Senior Member	For example the Hawaii Myrrh-streaming Iviron Mother of God. Fr David Another is the icon of St Nicholas of Myra, a mounted print produced by the St Issac Skete in Wisconsin. Here's a post of mine from an old thread: I might add also that there is a recent example of a myrrh-streaming icon of St Nicholas of Myra, a printed icon laminated with plastic and mounted on board, which was produced by a monastery in Wisconsin. The interesting thing is that this icon was considered "unfit" for sale by the monastery, because of a flaw in the mounting process. Such icons were given away, not sold, to visitors to the monastery for this reason. An Orthodox priest from Indiana acquired one of these icons, and, in 1996, on the morning of the feast-day of St Nicholas, the icon which had been placed on the main icon stand in the church began streaming myrrh. It has done so ever since, and miracles have been reported from those who have venerated the icon or have been anointed with the myrrh. Despite extensive examination, no rational or scientific explanation for this phenomenon has been found. I was privileged to see and venerate this icon when it came to Australia in late 2000, and, on hearing its history, I couldn't help thinking of the passage "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" - that even an ordinary printed icon which was deemed not good enough for sale, but simply given away, became a source of miracles.
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