On April 27, during the second Sunday after Easter, dedicated to the memory of the Apostle Thomas, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, led the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint George the Great Martyr in Cana of Galilee. The service took place under the ancient church's vaulted ceilings, built at the site of Jesus Christ's first miracle — turning water into wine.

The Patriarch was joined in the service by Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth, Archbishop Aristarchus of Constantinople, and Archbishop Aristovoulos of Madaba, along with clergy from the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre. The ceremony was also attended by Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeev), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and Deacon Macarius Petukhov. The Russian Ambassador to Israel, A.D. Viktorov, was also present at the liturgy.

The Divine Liturgy was conducted in three languages — Greek, Arabic, and Church Slavonic, according to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission’s website.

Cana of Galilee, a small village in Galilee, is mentioned in the Gospel as the site of Christ’s first miracle. During a wedding feast, at the request of His Mother, Christ turned water into wine, revealing His divine glory (John 2:1–11). This event is considered a prefiguration of the sacrament of marriage and a symbolic beginning of the New Covenant.

The Church of Saint George the Great Martyr in Cana of Galilee dates back to the 16th century. According to tradition, it was built on the site of the home of the Apostle Simon the Zealot. In 1885, the ancient church was rebuilt with funds from the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. The church houses stone jars from the New Testament period, as well as a revered icon of the Apostle Simon the Zealot. The iconostasis of the church is of Russian craftsmanship, reflecting the long-standing spiritual ties between the Holy Land and Russia.