evidence: A video depicting a church engulfed in flames is being widely shared on social media with a claim that the church allegedly located in Boston, Massachusetts, was struck by lightning during a famous same-sex couple’s wedding. The alleged incident is said to have occurred on 3 June 2023. This article aims to fact-check the claim. [...] News reports (here, here, and here) confirm that the First Congregational Church of Spencer caught fire after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on 2 June 2023. [...] To sum up, the viral claim associating the church fire with a lightning strike during the wedding of a same-sex couple in Boston is false. The footage actually depicts the First Congregational Church of Spencer, Massachusetts, which caught fire after being struck by lightning on 2 June 2023. The church was closed and unoccupied during the incident, contrary to the claim made in the post.