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LOWER GALILEE PART 1
IsraelNovember 2008
We alighted along this busy main road to walk to the Franciscan Wedding Church at Cana of Galilee
We walked on a narrow stone pavement to reach the place where Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine (John 2:1-11)The pavement slopes towards the centre for better drainage
The Franciscan Wedding Church
Inside the church is a stone jar which is reportedly to be one of the six jars in John 2
On our way out of Cana to Nazareth
The sights along the road to the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth of GalileeFresh pomegranate juice tastes wonderful!
Roadside souvenir stalls
Nazareth—the hometown of JesusThe Church of Annunciation is supposedly to be the place where the angel Gabriel announced the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-35)The church is dedicated to the worship of Mary
Around the church compound are depictions of Mary & baby Jesus contributed by different countriesThe Singapore Mary wears a sarong kebaya
Doesn’t the Mary from China look like the Goddess of Mercy?
There were more such depictions inside the churchThis was contributed by Taiwan
The sanctuary has many interesting features
The cave in which the Virgin Mary received the news from the angel Gabriel that she would give birth to Jesus
This Roman Catholic church is the largest in the Middle East
The contrast is stark when you see the dilapidated building just opposite the church
The streets of Nazareth