in the sixth century. The feast may have originated somewhere in Syria or Palestine in the beginning of the sixth century, when after the Council of Ephesus, the cult of the Mother of God was greatly intensified, especially in Syria. This supposition is supported by the presence of hymns for the feast in the Georgian Chantbook of Jerusalem which was compiled in the mid-6th century; the hymnographic content pre-dates this terminus ante quem.

The first liturgical commemoration is connected with