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Kafr Kanna (Arabic: كفر كنا, Kafr Kanā; Hebrew: כַּפְר כַּנָּא) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel. It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana , where Jesus turned water into wine .
Internal View. The Wedding Church at Cana [1] [2] [3] (Arabic: كنيسة الزفاف في كنا; Hebrew: כנסיית החתונה) or simply Wedding Church, also Franciscan Wedding Church, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the central part of the town of Kafr Kanna (Cana), [4] [self-published source] in Lower Galilee, located in northern Israel. [5]
The St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church [1] (Hebrew: כנסיית בית ברתולומאוס השליח Latin: Ecclesia Sancti Bartholomei Apostoli) is the name given to a Catholic church administered by the Franciscan order in Kafr Kanna [2] in Israel, built in honor of Cana, the place where Scripture says was the hometown of the apostle St. Bartholomew. [3]
Overlooking the Beit Netofa Valley from the north, it is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Kafr Kanna and has been noticed by pilgrims since the 12th century or earlier. [20] However, this could either be an ancient retention, as Edward Robinson maintained, [20] or may have been attached to the place in conversation with querying ...
The "Wedding Church" in Kafr Kanna, Israel, one of the locations considered to be the site of the biblical Cana. The wedding at Cana (also called the marriage at Cana, wedding feast at Cana or marriage feast at Cana) is a story in the Gospel of John at which the first miracle attributed to Jesus takes place. [1] [2]
Articles relating to Kafr Kanna, an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel. It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine.
The location is disputed, with the four primary locations being Kafr Kanna, Khirbet Qana and Reineh in Lower Galilee and Qana in Upper Galilee in Lebanon. The Arabic name "Qana al-Jalil" has been said to apply to a number of sites.
In the 17th century, Francesco Quaresmio concluded that Kafr Kanna was the biblical Cana, as it had a church, while Khirbet Qana did not. However, the fact that the main road from Sepphoris to Tiberias passed Kafr Kanna rather than Khirbet Qana, may have been a factor in this decision.