This is the church courtyard in Cana. This church commemorates the first miracle of Jesus and the beginning of his ministry. Cana of Galilee is an important place in the life of Christ. There at a wedding He began to authenticate His message to His disciples by turning water into wedding wine. Through the miracle He manifested His glory and His disciples believed (Jn. 2:1,11). Later Jesus performed His first “long distance” miracle at Cana, the home town of Nathanael (Jn. 21:2), when He healed the nobleman’s son who was sick at Capernaum (Jn. 4:46,54). The exact location of Cana in Galilee is still disputed with at least four sites vying to be acknowledged as the Cana of John's gospel.