For more than a decade, a three-bedroom home in Sydney’s western suburbs has been hailed a ‘Miracle House’ after oil began seeping from its walls and ash from the ceiling.
Father Michael Haykal and the owners of the home in Guildford, George and Lina Tannous, believe the oil and ash is a sign from God and it has healing powers.
They have claimed on a number of occasions that the oil has helped couples fall pregnant after being told they never could.
For more than a decade a three-bedroom home has been hailed a ‘Miracle House’ after oil began seeping from its walls and ash from the ceiling which some claim has miracle powers

Father Michael Haykal and the owners of the western Sydney home, George and Lina Tannous, believe the oil and ash is a sign from God
The oil first started after Mr and Mrs Tannous’s son Mike Tannous, 17, was killed in a car accident in 2006.
They say a few days after the accident, the walls in his bedroom began weeping the yellow liquid.
According to Mr Tannous, the ‘miracle oil’ has not only helped women fall pregnant but has also cured one woman of cancer.
George, who emigrated to Australia from Lebanon four decades ago, said he and his family are all committed Christians.

The claims of miracle oil from the walls first started after Mr and Mrs Tannous’s son Mike Tannous, 17, (pictured) was killed in a car accident in 2006

‘My son’s spirit is in this house. He loved God and Jesus. He has come to this house and the oil is his spirit,’ his father George Tannous said of the oil
‘There is no question, this is a miracle,’ he said of the oil seeping from the walls.
‘My son’s spirit is in this house. He loved God and Jesus. He has come to this house and the oil is his spirit.
‘He was always religious. He carried Rosary beads and he had a cross tattooed on his back. He wanted to help people in life and this is his way of doing that in death.’
Since his death in 2006, Michael’s old bedroom has become a shrine and his parents believe he should be made a saint.

More than 1500 people have visited the ‘miracle House’ in the last decade
Father Haykal told The Daily Telegraph that more than a decade on and people still come form all over to visit the ‘Miracle House’.
‘I don’t know how people can stay skeptical because the miracle is beyond science, he’s trying to remind us about heaven and new life after death,’ he said.
People have also flocked to a Facebook page to share their experiences in the home.
‘A place of great peace of which I was in need of. In hard times that seem to have no end nothing beats the thoughtfulness and prayers of extraordinary people. It has been a blessing and a privilege to be among all the people who were there,’ one user wrote.
‘My friend came to the house five years ago for my son who was sick with Neuroblastoma – cancer at age 2.5 years . He is now 8.5 years and has survived from this horrible disease,’ another added.
Ash symbols have also been known to appear on the walls, the family claims.

Since his passing in 2006 and the alleged occurrences of miracles in the home Michael’s old bedroom has become a shrine to him with is parents believing he should be sainted
However the house also has no shortage of detractors.
The Daily Telegraph spoke with executive officer and editor of Australian Skeptics Tim Mendham who said there was nothing ‘particularity intriguing’ about the home.
‘If I can be so cynical, the early photos show the oil at shoulder height, which was the right height for someone throwing it on the wall. Only now is it higher and on the roof,’ he said.
The home was investigated by Today Tonight in 2017 where the oil from the walls and the ash was tested by scientist Anthony Kamu.

As well as the oil ash has been found on the walls and falling from the ceiling
‘The substances have occurred due to some type of unnatural intervention,’ he said.
He said it was hard to pinpoint the origins of the oil from the tests conducted.
‘It’s very likely to be aqueous-based with some trace substances of what you would find in an oil,’ he said.
An aqueous-based liquid or solution is one ‘in which the solvent is water’.
However the results on the ash were a little more conclusive.
‘We conducted a microscopic examination of the ash and it is likely that ash is charcoal derived from timber,’ he said.