Myrrh comes from the Commiphora myrrha plant. A very petite tree that is often classified ... habit of bleeding then drying in what are termed tears, a foreshadowing of the blood that would ...

By STACEY WOLSKI According to the Gospel of Matthew, gold, frankincense and myrrh were the gifts presented to the infant Jesus by the Magi “from the East.” Just what are frankincense ...

Other Chicago-area icons have been known to weep tears or exude myrrh. At St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in Chicago, tears began coming from the eyes of an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

So the news on May 7, 1985, that the image of the Virgin Mary, or Theotokos, as she is known to those in the Orthodox, was reported to be weeping tears of myrrh, a fragrant oil, caused quite a stir.