{"id":741,"date":"2023-06-21T17:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2025-07-21T19:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:04:51","slug":"saint-mary-of-the-holy-belt-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/en\/saint-mary-of-the-holy-belt-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Mary of the Holy Belt Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"741\" class=\"elementor elementor-741\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-497e69d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"497e69d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bef2595\" data-id=\"bef2595\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-505d478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"505d478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saint Mary of the Holy Belt Cathedral<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c0c5bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c0c5bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae46daa\" data-id=\"ae46daa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bca1465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bca1465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The story of a sensational archaeological finding (Roman era) in the city of <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Homs<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, told by the Father of the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Umm Al-Zunnar<\/span><\/strong><\/em> Temple, Priest <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Youhann Salameh<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>Here is the story in brief:<br \/>1953, the city of <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Homs in Central Syria<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. Here, during the restoration of the local church, archaeologists, with the participation of <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Patriarch Abraham I<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, made a sensational discovery &#8212; found a secret place, which was a stone mortar, and a metal case with a woman&#8217;s belt of woolen threads embroidered with silver in it. These are\u00a0 unique artifacts of the ancient Roman era.<br \/>Based on the ancient written sources\u00b9 discovered earlier, clergymen and experts from the Department of Antiquities, headed by <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Dr.George Saliba<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, determined that the finding, a belt, most likely belonged to the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Blessed Virgin Mary<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">LOCATIONS:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13f2124 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13f2124\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a7f925\" data-id=\"7a7f925\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4ee3c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"f4ee3c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Um%20Al%20Zenar%20Church%2C%20Homs%2C%20Syria&#038;t=m&#038;z=15&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Um Al Zenar Church, Homs, Syria\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Um Al Zenar Church, Homs, Syria\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c5ef92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c5ef92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d004a0\" data-id=\"6d004a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc8edd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc8edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MEDIA CONTENT:<\/span><br \/>&#8212; Streets of the city of Homs, theming sketches of its citizens;<br \/>&#8212; The exterior of the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Church of Saint Virgin Mary<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, the monument of <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Youssef Barbaaskar<\/span><\/strong><\/em> in the holy courtyard;<br \/>&#8212; black and white photographs showing the process of uncovering the secret place in 1953 (Antiquities Department experts, led by <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Dr.George Saliba<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, examined the artifacts found: a stone stupa with a black basalt lid\u00b2 under which there was a vessel with a belt made of silver and cotton threads and a photograph of Patriarch Abraham I showing the belt to the faithful);<br \/>&#8212; a display case with the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Belt of Saint Virgin Mary<\/span><\/strong><\/em> and artifacts after the restoration work;<br \/>&#8212; holy well for sprinkling the faithful;<br \/>&#8212; reportage video-recording of the solemn service during the celebration of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15).<br \/>Since then, the local Christians in the city of Homs have had two holidays: one dedicated to the discovery of the belt and the other to the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15). On this day, the belt is taken out of the church for public viewing and prayer by the parishioners of the church.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d1e9c1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d1e9c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">We have video recordings of the live speech (with a translation of Arabic into Russian and English) of Priest Youhann Salameh, which you may access by contacting us<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-416d1e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"416d1e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea4a9b7\" data-id=\"ea4a9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be17a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5be17a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/sedation-of-St.-Mary.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f23f0db\" data-id=\"f23f0db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de41554 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de41554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/historical-media-content.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Syria\/fresco-St.-Mary-gives-the-belt-to-Phoma.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d286183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d286183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The story of the archaeological finding in the city of Homs continued in the Biblical <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">city of Sadad<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, an ancient Christian city on the border of the desert where, in one of the local temples, a wall painting displaying the passing of the belt to the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Apostle Thomas<\/span><\/strong><\/em> was preserved.<br \/>Sadad, on the edge of the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Phoenician lands<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, is about 4,000 years old. It is probably Sadad that is mentioned in the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Old Testament (Numbers 34:8; Ezekiel 47:15)<\/span><\/strong><\/em> as the northeastern border of the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">land of Canaan, under the name Zedad.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>Sadad is also connected historically with <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Mar Musa<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, for both are ancient centers of the Jacobite orthodox church. The church of Sadad also preserves manuscripts written at Mar Musa. The wall paintings in Sadad are from the time of <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Metropolitan Saroukhan<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, who was Father of Mar Musa about 200 years ago and lived for a long time in Sadad.<\/p><p>&#8230; So, when the Blessed Virgin Mary passed away, all the apostles gathered in <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Jerusalem<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>to see her off to her last journey. All except Thomas, who was three days late. When, together with <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Peter and John<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, Thomas came to the tomb of the Mary, they saw her appear in heaven. Thomas asked for something to give him as a proof of the holy vision.<br \/>Saint Mary gave him her holy belt.<br \/>This event is displayed in naive 17th-century frescoes in the city&#8217;s Christian <em><strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">church of St. George<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Priest Abu-Addulah<\/span><\/strong><\/em> will comment on a local artistic reading of famous biblical scenes: the scene of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Virgin Mary handing the belt to St. Thomas.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">LOCATION:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-520978b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"520978b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f99c72\" data-id=\"3f99c72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd1bab elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"acd1bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Mar%20Jargios%20large%20church%2C%20Sadad%2C%20Syria&#038;t=m&#038;z=15&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Mar Jargios large church, Sadad, Syria\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Mar Jargios large church, Sadad, Syria\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5262b19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5262b19\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5d4314\" data-id=\"b5d4314\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773bc72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"773bc72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MEDIA CONTENT:<\/span><br \/>Frescoes displaying the &#171;vision of the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Apostle Thomas<\/span><\/strong><\/em>,&#187; showing the moment when the Virgin Mary is handing him the belt over.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfaa881 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfaa881\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e8c6d6\" data-id=\"5e8c6d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0777a4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0777a4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u00b9 Excerpt from the report of the patriarch with the circumstances of the discovery of the Belt of the Virgin Mary in the church of Homs. The manuscripts and other documents were preserved and classified by the priest of Homs, <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Father Joseph Askar<\/strong><\/span>. After his death in 1916, they were given as a gift to the Syrian Patriarchal Orthodox Library<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00b2 &#171;stupa&#187; with a lid of black basalt stone that housed the belt, which protected the belt from external climatic influences. 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