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Saint Aabda Church
Jaj
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Saint Abda Church is a Maronite church in the mountain village of Jaj. Dedicated to Saint Abda, a martyr beheaded with his disciples and venerated as guardian of children and barren women. Jaj sits among the cedar-blessed highlands of the Jbeil District, in Mount Lebanon's mountain heartland.
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