In the year 1929, a person named Ya’qub al-Kabouchi decided to build a monument to the cross on the highest hill in Deir al-Qamar. He collected 6000 francs and paved the way from the town square to the hill. Archbishop Augustine al-Bustani endowed the land of the hill, which extends over an area of 8000 meters, as a waqf for this work, which he considered solemn. It ended up building a chapel alongside the cross. This mountain was called the Rope of the Cross in relation to the cross on its top.