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Hello
I heard about this miracle last night at our Orthodox Bible study and am very interested to know more about it. From all accounts is truly does sounds like a miracle. In the town where I live is a cross, called the Deville Wood Cross, which "weeps" every year in July around the date when many South Africans died in a particular World War I battle. Here is an extract explaining its background:

"On the night of the 17th/18th the woods were subjected to a bombardment which devastated the forest. At 6pm on 20th July, only 3 officers and 140 men, many of them wounded, marched out. General Lukin survived to take the salute. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade was 433, including all ranks.

General Lukin brought wood back from the Delville forest. A cross was later made of it and is now one of Pietermaritzburg city's war memorials. It is housed in the Garden of Remembrance. Called the "Weeping Cross of Delville Wood", it regularly attracts world headlines. For the cross "weeps" on, or around the July anniversary of the battle in which so many SA soldiers died.

It has been examined by amongst others the CSIR (scientific research council), the Forestry Department and the University of Natal. No rational explanation can be found for the reason why the pine cross still oozes sap. Two similar crosses in Cape Town and Durban do not exhibit this phenomenon. Local legend has it that when the last survivor of Delville passes away, the cross will weep no more."


I don't know if this is marculous or not, but I would love to find out more about the above-mentioned Holy Fire Miracle also.
Many thanks,
Annalise