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- Holy Seven Youths (the "Seven Sleepers") of Ephesus
- During a persecution of Christians under the Emperor Decius, these
seven Christian youths hid themselves in a cave outside Ephesus. When
they were discovered, their persecutors sealed them in the cave to die;
but God instead sent them a miraculous, life-preserving sleep. There
they rested for about two hundred years. In the time of the Emperor
Theodosius the Younger (408-450), a heresy that denied the bodily
Resurrection of the dead began to trouble the people. The Emperor prayed
God to reveal the truth to the people. At this time, some shepherds
removed the stones blocking the cave in order to build a sheep-pen. They
discovered the seven youths, who awoke in full health and told their
miraculous story. The miracle was told throughout the empire, and the
Emperor himself came to Ephesus and spoke with the youths. A week later,
they again fell asleep, this time in death.
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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