12 most mysterious religious phenomena in history

Mysterious religious phenomena are still challenging the scientific community. There are many different religions in the world and each religion contains mysterious and mystical phenomena that go beyond the laws of nature, challenging scientists around the world. Let's take a look at these mysterious phenomena through the article below.

Mysterious phenomena about God that have no answers

01. The Shroud of Turin

02. The body does not decay

03. Virgin Mary

04. Crying Statues

05. Mysterious Wound

06. State of hovering in the air

07. The Blood of God

08. Painting of Virgin Mary

09. Solar Event of 1917

10. Revelation

11. Two clear footprints at a temple

12. Catholic Cardinal John WU Cheng-Chung accurately predicted the date of his death.

With the advancement of science, many of the strange things have been given scientific explanations. However, no matter how much science develops, there are still many extraordinary events that cannot be answered, and the belief in the paranormal continues…

Here are some of the most mysterious and inexplicable Christian phenomena in history:

01. The Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin is one of the most famous artifacts in history. It is believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ , and bears an image of his face. Early studies suggested that some parts of the shroud date back to the Middle Ages, meaning it is a forgery. However, recent research suggests that the shroud dates back to between 280 BC and 220 AD, which is the time period in which Jesus lived.

02. The body does not decay

Many saints, after death, not only did their bodies not rot, but they also gave off a very sweet herbal scent, and this was considered a sign of holiness . Typically, Saint Bernadette Soubirous , who died in 1879 and died in 1909, was exhumed by a bishop and found that her body was completely incorrupt. Currently, Saint Bernadette Soubirous is on display at St. Bernadette Church in France.

Or the body of Saint Giovanni da Triora, which was placed under the altar of Paradise in the Church of St. Mary in Rome. For many years, the body showed no signs of decomposition, which many people found hard to believe.

The Catholic Church believes that the reason why saints’ bodies do not decompose after death is because God granted them a miracle. This answer is not agreed upon by the scientific community. Therefore, experts continue research projects to find an answer soon.

03. Virgin Mary

In 1988, residents of the Zeitoun district (Cairo, Egypt) saw a dazzling silhouette of a woman walking on the roof of a church. Many believed that this was the presence of the Virgin Mary . The event was even photographed by onlookers. And to this day, there has been no evidence that these photos were edited.

04. Crying Statues

In 1973, a small statue in a church in Akita , Japan, bled immediately after Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a nun in the church, saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The statue continued to sweat and bleed for several years, and was even shown on television. Sister Agnes, who was deaf, was able to hear completely like a normal person 10 years after seeing the Virgin Mary.

This strange phenomenon does not only appear in Japan. A painting of Jesus at the church in Bethlehem (Palestine), where he was born, often cries blood.

05. Mysterious Wound

Many people over the years have claimed to have been branded with the stigmata (a mark similar to the crucifixion of Christ that is said to have appeared on certain saints). The phenomenon began with the time of St. Francis (1186–1226), and many other saints have been branded with the stigmata since. The most notable case is the bloody hand of St. Pio (1887–1968), although many believe that St. Pio injured himself with acid.

06. State of hovering in the air

It is said that in the 1600s, St. Joseph fell into a trance and floated in the air many times, even in public. He experienced this state once right in front of Pope Urban VIII. Because of this, this mystical figure became the patron saint of pilots, astronauts, and air travelers in general. However, science now believes that St. Joseph's floating state was nothing more than a human hallucination.

07. The Blood of God

Saint Januarius

The Cathedral of Naples (Italy) hides a vial of blood from the time of Saint Januarius . Saint Januarius' blood was kept by a woman named Eusebia after his death.

The blood in the vial remained mostly dry throughout the year. However, on three days: September 19, December 16, and the Saturday before the first Sunday in May (all days commemorating the life of St. Januarius), the blood in the vial mysteriously turned into liquid.

08. Painting of Virgin Mary

In 1531, a peasant named Juan Diego claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in a field near Mexico City, asking him to build a Marian shrine and pick flowers on the hillside.

The man did as he was told, picked flowers and put them in his coat. Later, the coat was discovered to contain the mark of the Virgin Mary. The strange thing is that no one has been able to explain whether the image inside the coat was painted or drawn with some other material, because to this day, the painting of the Virgin Mary is still intact and has not faded at all.

09. Solar Event of 1917

In 1917, shepherd children in Fatima (Portugal) reported that the Virgin Mary appeared to them and told them that a strange event would occur on October 13 of that year. Thousands of people came to see it, and newspapers at the time also reported a lot about this phenomenon.

Around noon on a rainy day, the sun appeared as a disk, and was rotating in a spiral pattern towards the earth.

By 1930, the church had officially recognized the 1917 solar event as a sacred phenomenon . However, skeptical scientists have always maintained that it was simply a light that normally appears around the sun, and pointed out that not everyone who saw it that day saw the phenomenon.

10. Revelation

In 1981, in a small town called Medjugorje , located in what is now Bosnia, six children were said to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Over the years that followed, they all received strange messages every day, and to this day, they have received thousands of prophecies.

One of the predictions says, “There are 10 secrets that will reveal the end of the world.”

In 2010, the Vatican opened an investigation into the matter, but to date, the results of the investigation have not been made public.

11. Two clear footprints at a temple

Two distinct footprints were found on a piece of wood at a temple in Tongren County, Qinghai Province, China. Locals believe that the footprints were left by a devout believer who had been praying there for decades.

Mysterious phenomenon appears in China.

12. Catholic Cardinal John WU Cheng-Chung accurately predicted the date of his death.

Cardinal John Wu passed away at 6:00 on September 23, 2002 at Queen Mary Hospital, at the age of 77. Wu Cheng Chung had bone marrow cancer. Retired priest Father Chen Zi'en, who presided over the Mass, revealed an incident about Cardinal Hu when he was alive.

He mentioned that the Cardinal had told his colleagues, referring to Bishops Francis Hsu and Hong-Ji Li of Hong Kong, that he would die of illness between May 23 and July 23, respectively, and that he would probably die on September 23.