Cana


Cana is a small town in Galilee where Jesus performed his first public miracles, recorded in the Gospel of John 2:1-11. Jesus was attending a wedding feast with his mother and his disciples when the hosts ran out of wine. At his mother's urging, Jesus changed water in jars used for ceremonial washing into wine. Today there is a small church known as the Franciscan Wedding Chapel where this miracle is said to have taken place.
The Franciscan Wedding Chapel

The altar of the church


Couples in our group were able to renew their wedding vows in this lovely church.

Beneath the church is a jar believed to be one of the six mentioned in John's Gospel.

Would you care to purchase some Cana wedding wine? Several shops near the church will gladly sell you some!

42 comments:

  1. I could envy you to visit all the holy places...enjoy your travel
    Thanks for continuos memes

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  2. It was again an interesting post. The church of Cana looks wonderful. Wish you a very good week, dear Sue.

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  3. Thanks for sharing the pictures - must have been inspirational to be there.

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  4. ...where ever you go folks want to sell you things!

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  5. This is amazing to me, having read of these places in the Bible and now to see them! Wonderful!

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  6. How wonderful and spiritual to be where Jesus performed his miracle turning water into wine!

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  7. Magnificient photos. I have never been there.

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  8. Hi! Nice captures, Thanks for sharing.

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  9. That's cute all those couples renewing their vows...

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  10. What a wonderful trip, the chruch is beautiful, what a great experience!
    Thanks for hosting, Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
    Karren

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  11. Awesome that you share that as I don't get to travel so this was great to see your photos and info. How awesome to renew vows there. :)

    Peabea

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  12. A beautiful place to renew their marriages vows.

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  13. Thanks for the sunny days Sue. We need some over here at the moment - floods and rain, more rain.

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  14. So pretty; I love all the arches and columns.

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  15. How wonderful for people to be able to renew their wedding vows at the Church at Cana! Wonderful pictures!

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  16. How awesome to visit Cana! Thank you for hosting!!!

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  17. So cool! We didn't get to go to this location! Lucky you!

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  18. Thank you for sharing these images! Would love to visit one day.

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  19. This would be such an interesting place to visit!

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  20. Lovely chapel! Interesting story too.

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  21. Such an amazing place for a visit!

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  22. Wonderful photos and impressions of thie place. Amazing !
    Best, Synnöve

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  23. What an amazing church, and a fabulous historical place to visit!

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  24. Beautiful architecture here Sue and the history of the place sounds really interesting as well. I love exploring old churches and cathedral as they're always so interesting. I'm glad to be back and joining in again this week too, thanks for hosting! - Tasha

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  25. Sue, what a blessing it must be to actually walk in the footsteps of Jesus! How cool to see places where Christ performed such miracles like turning the water into wine. What is it like to be in these spots? Do you get the goosies? Does it feel like Jesus is right there beside you? I would think both apply, right? Great photo share. Have a blessed Thanksgiving, my friend, and thanks for hosting the mid-week photo fun!

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    1. It was definitely a trip full of spine-tingling moments. I would strongly recommend this trip for Christians hoping to deepen their faith life. I know that this experience was one that I will not be able to forget.

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  26. What a great trip! Thanks for sharing it!

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  27. Fabulous! It looks like you're really enjoying your visit to Israel. It's a fascinating place!

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  28. Wow that would be amazing place to visit. The site of the first miracle!! Also, wine! :)

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  29. Wonderful place and lovely to visit! Many thanks for taking us along! Have a great day and weekend ahead, too!

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  30. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours too. Those photos are just wonderful. I love the words that accompany them too. Thank you for sharing and having this bloggy link up.

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  31. That is absolutely incredible! You've just given me another thing to put on my bucket list! :D THANKS!

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  32. Very beautiful photo and what a wonderful place to visit. I would love to visit that sometime in my life.

    Thanks for hosting every week and I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving.

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  33. So awesome - thank you for sharing and for linking up at Impulsive Artistry!

    —Charles

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  34. Great shots of this significant place both historically and for its connection to religion.
    Many thanks for linking up with the Travel Tuesday meme, hope to see you there again this week!

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  35. I believe I've seen the same miracle performed with Chinese food.

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