Transfer of the Holy Zone of Theotokos to Constantinople
The journey was made from the diocese of Zḗla (in Cappadocia) to Constantinople in the year 942, when the Emperors were Constantine and Romanos, the Porphyrogénnētoi.1 The Zone (Sash) was then placed in the Holy Soros2 of Chalkopratia on April 12.
1 Born in the purple. This refers to a room in the Palace where the Empress gave birth to her children. The walls were hung with purple draperies, a color reserved for royalty.
2 The Holy Soros was a chest containing the Robe and the Sash (Zone) of the Theotokos.