Churches and Monasteries of the Khazen Family: Saint Rita Church in Mayrouba
Written by Najib

 

During the year 1970, Cheikha Jamale Sejaan el Khazen, widow of Cheikh Farid Son of Nayef Son of Salibi from the house of Cheikh Abou Kansso Fayyad el Khazen from Ghosta, and her daughter Cheikha Marie-Therese el Khazen, mother of MP Cheikh Farid Elias el Khazen, founded a church to honor Saint Rita in memory of her husband and their family in Mayrouba. The church is located next to the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine.