According to Eastern Christian tradition, the Virgin Mary was taken (assumed) into heaven in the presence of all apostles except Thomas, who was in India.

He returned to Jerusalem and travelled on the sky by the help of Holy Spirit to attend the assumption of Mary.

In 394 AD, the holy girdle moved from India to Uraha (modern Urfa, Turkey).

The supreme head, Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum, Patriarch of Antioch, studied manuscripts and a Garshunian book containing stories and speeches sent by the people of Homs in 1852.

On 20 July 1953, the Holy Girdle was discovered from the altar of the church by Barsoum in the presence of Alexandros, the Greek Orthodox bishop of Homs and it is existence is proven.