Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

[@zouhairnauman2028]

As a muslim, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The chapter 18 of the Qur'an, Surah al-Kahf (The Cave) is a very intriguing chapter in my estimation; and getting access to the Chrisitian understanding of those events is certainly very interesting. The Qur'an says about this incident: "We have adorned the earth with attractive things so that We may test people to find out which of them do best, but We shall reduce all this to barren dust. Do you find the Companions in the Cave and al-Raqim so wondrous, among all Our other signs?" (18:7-9)

[@firmbiz000]

This was incredible! I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this episode. Amazing. Simply amazing.

[@Patristix]

So glad to hear that! It is one of our favourites so far!

[@mahirsantal2867]

It was only a few days ago that I came across your channel; and I can't tell you how grateful I am for your efforts! I live in India and here persecution of Christians is coming back. Stories like today's give me great encouragement and hope. Thank you.

[@Orthoindian]

where are you in India?

[@rtdude1]

Wow I’ve never heard about them. Thank you for sharing this. Glory to God. ☦️🙌

[@kateleurs5012]

Not only an incredible story but the opening music is wonderful! Another brilliant episode. Thank you!

[@johanvandersandt8904]

This is astonishing! How is this not more known? Once more I have learned something cool on your channel! Thank you!

[@ArchangelsBookClub]

Fantastic storytelling and graphics, great cadence. Really; well done.

[@Patristix]

Really appreciate that, thank you!

[@ArchangelsBookClub]

@@Patristix My wife started doing a Saints video on my channel, I told her she should start watching yours so we can sort of work up the quality gradually. Good job being the gold standard! xD

[@Catkat-xz8tx]

Just found this. I'm a fellow Orthodox who loves this story. Your presentation is fantastic. I'm happy to subscribe!!

[@Patristix]

Thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@FrMaximilianMaryDean]

“And may God awake you at the proper time.” Love that! One of my favorite stories from the early Church. It is still in the Roman Martyrology, but few in the West read that anymore.

[@d.aletadrawdy7584]

Our Father can DO ANY MIRACLE ❣️🙏 Grateful for your Sharing this Wonderful, Historic event!🌹

[@danieldefonce]

Hilarious, brothers. I was literally taking a 3 hour nap in the middle of the workday, which I don’t typically do, feeling super drowsy for some reason and then after waking I get on KZbin and this pops up. Was beginning to think I gave into sloth but I’m taking this video as a providential sign that I just needed to rest more and trust Jesus to work things out in my life even when I am not working, striving, or fighting; for “He gives His beloved sleep.”

[@Sapientia-in-senectute]

God bless

[@tinker-ing-around2317]

Welcome to 2114!

[@curiousing]

@@tinker-ing-around2317 🤣

[@juancarlos-uv8gm]

Thanks for bringin this gold to our time.

[@Patristix]

Thanks for watching!

[@essboarder23]

Love this story ☦️

[@feeble_stirrings]

While I've heard the story, I hadn't heard all the corroborating details. Fantastic, thanks for sharing!

[@ronwood788]

I couldn’t be more joyful that I am Orthodox. I don’t want to laud this over anyone, I just sincerely hope to share it with everyone.

[@ancientofdayslionofjudah2427]

Just when you thought you'd heard it all😊 Bless you and thank you 🌸

[@gerardgrywacheski1418]

What an awesome video!! May God bless you and your channel!!

[@kypha]

Hello from Romania! i went to Holy Mount Athos, in Greece, where I've heard this story. it is very beautiful and i enjoyed hearing it in English too.

[@zita-lein]

Latin Rite here. Loved this!

[@curiousing]

Latin Rite Catholic or Western Rite Orthodox?

[@nicgundy]

Marvelous! My first time hearing this story as well! Thank you for sharing it!

[@Patristix]

A pleasure! It's a really really good one

[@Krentiles]

Such a fascinating story. I didn't know about this at all. Amazing, thank you.

[@xnihilo1044]

Retelling of events like this have made me move from Protestantism to Orthodoxy. It's like my faith is just coming....alive.

[@curiousing]

I feel you. I was Catholic. I feel like Orthodoxy is so much more HUMAN.

[@curiousing]

Discovered this today, on August 4, 2024, Sunday of the Seven Sleepers. I've been in Orthodoxy for 2+ years now and had never heard of these guys. I was wondering at liturgy today who they were and hoped our priest would preach about them, but he's on a prayer series right now so he didn't. Thankfully our parish scholar posted your video in Realm, so now I know. I particularly love that you tied it to modern stories that are similar, showing the Christian roots of things we think of as secular. I subscribed and look forward to more!

[@nevafitzgerald2402]

Love this episode, welcome back I missed you both❤

[@arlenehutchinson9259]

THANK YOU KZbin algorithm ❤ i would have never discovered this wonderful channel. Really disappointed I've been to Ephesus in modern day Turkey and no one ever mentioned this legend or offered to take us to the cave. But did go to a monastery in the hills were it is said st Peter took Mary mother of Jesus before they left i believe for Egypt.

[@OrthoKarter]

Christ Is Risen

[@rtdude1]

Indeed He is risen

[@ifryrice]

Christ will come again

[@SimpleAmadeus]

Truly He is risen.

[@b_ks]

I do believe that He rose.

[@codymarkley8372]

Indeed he is risen

[@panoramicprism]

I looove chamomile tea. Thank God for it!

[@Patristix]

Amen to that! A very helpful tea

[@richardglady3009]

What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it with me.

[@silas427]

This is a really cool story! I love your videos, God bless you guys!

[@Patristix]

Thank you, Silas!

[@meangreenmememachine2890]

very interesting, god bless!✋🏻

[@mrsnkg7904]

Glory to you our God, glory to you!

[@leoandolino4668]

Thank you!!!!

[@HabashyAngy]

Love your work, and God bless. Can you please talk about Virgin Mary's story, her birth, and her death. Thanks.

[@kevinseaquist9670]

Cool story!

[@STMukr]

Thk ye ladd ❤ God bless ❤

[@matronarona]

You are amazing

[@Patristix]

🤗

[@ishofarabia]

This story is so famous that it even made it into the Qur’an. I grew up Muslim, now I’m a follower of Jesus. The Chapter/Surah of the Qur’an is Al-Kahf/The Cave, referring to the people of the cave. It mentions a group of men facing persecution, sleeping in a cave for hundreds of years, and coming out to find the town was now ruled by a peaceful emperor. Word for word, i dont remember if it is in the Hadith or the Quran, I remember the scene of the coin, where they realize how long they have slept because of the old emperor being on the coin.

[@setuesetue9458]

I,ve seen the movie too

[@ChristianEphraimson]

God bless

[@lounaannajung4454]

Ex-Muslim here as well. I didn't know about the coin scene so I think it's probably from the Hadith. I just remember that it didn't make sense to me at all when I was a Muslim. Yes, it showed God's power but seemed very arbitrary why would He choose this way of showing His power. It makes incredibly more sense now that I understand its link to our Lord's Resurrection. Even funnier to think that Islam also teaches Christ's crucifixion and death are some kind of misundertanding. I just wish more Muslims who read/listen to Surat Al-Kahf every Friday would know what it actually means. And would repent and follow Christ.

[@Hastenforthedawm]

Prophet Muhammad was asked by some rabbis three questions: about the youths in the cave, about the nature of the spirit, and about dhul qarnayn. A portion of Surah Kahf was revealed by Allah in response to two of those questions.

[@RobMikael]

@@lounaannajung4454you can also find in the Quran the children story of Solomon speaking with ants, this was a Jewish children story 😂😂

[@enoch2425]

Hi From Ethiopia Orthodox💙 i kmow about this Saints it's Written in my Church as well we Commomrate them on Feb 13

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

Hi I'm newly baptized. I love to read about the saints... Can you recommend any books or collections? Thank you for this channel. May you also be blessed

[@Patristix]

Definitely ask your priest, he'll have some good sources. There are a number of good books and websites and also Orthodox calendar apps for your phone that are really useful

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

@@Patristix thank you for your reply.. I will do that. Again, thank you for your work on this beautiful channel. I have learned much. May you also be blessed.. -Michael

[@Ahmed-ko5eo]

We have a version of this story in quaran with several differences

[@Max_Pilgrim]

A prayer at the end is a great idea.

[@stuckmannen3876]

This blew my mind 👁️👁️

[@Patristix]

It's a great story!

[@noeljbass]

This was the very first story I read after discovering the orthodox calendar.

[@khaledegy8528]

I recommend you this wonderful series that talks about these belivers young men ❤ kzbin.info/aero/PLtUXoCnbGxPRQyGMMLsZ2Z_ps_wLN1z-V&si=4ikqNScHGwGpTG1v

[@IfearGod.]

There goes that number 7 again

[@galuhrichata6148]

This story is also mentioned in the Qur’an. As a Muslim, I always know and believe that Christianity and Islam are very close and have the same root. May peace be upon us all.

[@worldinmychest]

What is the music from the intro? :)

[@Patristix]

It's a track called 'Appassionato' by an artist called Nono. We license from Artlist artlist.io/referral/21928/Stephan

[@RianMarto]

I believe this is not a tale but a real event that happened at that time. And the church recognised it to be true. Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit One God unto ages and ages. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. John 20:29 (KJV) ....: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

[@Orthodox.shahada]

Nice Video🤍☦️ and a blessed Dormition Fast to all my brothers and sisters in christ

[@maxsmith7717]

Legend bro

[@savvywitty646]

Are the 7 dwarfs in the movie snow white taken from the 7 sleepers of Ephesus?

[@Patristix]

The number 7 has a lot of appearances in stories and in Christianity. So perhaps the dwarfs are drawing on the same number? It is the Biblical number of completion.

[@nevafitzgerald2402]

I have this video several times and I just saw one that tells similar story and they sleep for 300yrs tarsus turkey ? Is this the same one?

[@Patristix]

The story of the Seven Sleepers was retold a century later in the Quran. The main points are the same but the length of sleep and a few details are changed. So it's the same story retold

[@somewhatreallycoolguy7439]

interesting. in the western version of this story malchus only realizes that so much time had passed when the bishop explained it to him, rather than realizing before his interaction with the bishop

[@mariaaaa1128]

The Islamic version shows one of them going to the city to check and he found out the currency changed that's when he knew so he tried to ask

[@ChristianEphraimson]

I know the Orthodox tradition considers itself as one entity but why is there a Greek and Russian church? Like do they each focus on a different aspect of the faith (like would russians focus on suffering while greek focuses on the esoteric) do to their general congregation or is the difference caused by something else? Or is it just geographic domains of the different Bishops. (Also a video of the hierarchy would be cool)

[@Patristix]

Different geographic domains/jurisdictions. There's also Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, and more. We may do videos on hierarchy down the road!

[@ChristianEphraimson]

@@Patristix then why isn't there an American or Australian orthodox church? I'm just getting into the faith so I want to know these differences before I jump in fully.

[@Patristix]

@@ChristianEphraimson There may be down the road, these things take time and Orthodoxy has been out in America and Australia a VERY short time in the grand scheme of history. Would definitely recommend as soon as possible visiting an Orthodox Church and asking all your questions of a priest there! The internet and books is no match for the chats and discussions and hearing our services. We often say to those curious about Orthodoxy to 'come and see', rather than 'read and research', though of course both will happen. God bless!

[@b_ks]

Today, Friday, Aug. 4th Check for synaxarion entry on the Seven Sleepers.

[@Hedgehogz856]

But didn’t Theodosius II live like 100 years or something after they were supposed to wake up

[@melo7591]

4:50 am and I can’t sleep 😅

[@wildfire3989]

Story is also in Quran سورة الكهف

[@charisally]

I felt as if i just read the story of Sleeping Beauty and Rip Van Winkle.😮

[@josephodoherty7864]

Puzzled by ending"factual" confirmations,&,if claiming a miracle or simply a famous tale. All the historical confirmations were what one would expect in either case while the chance of any details end abruptly with "Oh,they died that night. No more questions." Fun story but I expect if there was any stronger facts you'd have said (?) or are there?

[@TiroDvD]

Hindsight is 20/20. But I kinda wish if I knew what the "good parts" of 80s years.

[@iwansaputra1890]

this legen written by jacob of serugh

[@HomoEucharistica]

That's truly astonishing story, and I enjoyed this episode. Sadly, because of this tale found its way to the Qur'an, I highly doubt its reliability until I could explore the original sources more.

[@rammyyyyy]

Quran also talking about Ashab-e-qahaf

[@TheRadChadDad]

☦️☦️☦️

[@abusamir]

These individuals where true Christians in that they didn’t worship Christ and only saw him for what he was and is…a prophet of God. Their beautiful story takes place almost a century before the council of nicea decided to make Christ a god and develop the trinity. The early Christian’s were monotheist and did worship idols or men the way modern Christian’s do.

[@Patristix]

The story was first recorded in the early 500s, and the sleepers were reported to have awoken in the year AD 434. The first council of Nicea (which did not create Trinitarian theology, but confirmed it as dogma) was in AD 325 almost a hundred years BEFORE the awakening of the sleepers. The earliest found record of the event is by a Trinitarian Christian theologian named Jacob of Serugh, writing in the early 500s. There was a church dedicated in memory of the sleepers by at least AD 520. The Quaran was compiled a century AFTER this around the year 610.

[@timothytakang5407]

That's an assumption for which you can't prove. Besides, even this story is any true, this disprove the claims of Islam, for they would have believed Jesus to be the begotten Son of God, crucified, buried and risen from the death.

[@mxxx5315]

I'm Muslim girl and I love all Abrahamic religion people Christians and Jews and this story we have it in the Qur'an it named the cave it has the seven sleepers story and Thier dog

[@Poland2077]

hi

[@husha6372]

This is also mentioned in the Quran chapter 18 of the Quran is called the chapter of the cave it explains how they have run away from the evil ruler who was a pagan

[@suhahkhan]

I request you to kindly watch the Islamic version of this as well

[@jaferwaseem4047]

Brother in quran god told this story ....

[@jhake67]

and that my friends is how christianity spreads...

[@ozzzz9328]

Saints had to go turkey a very holy land mentioned in the bible many times

[@dragandragic6601]

This story is also told in Quran, but little bit twisted

[@petergunn9149]

☦️☦️☦️

[@Patristix]

"Peter Gunn" is also rather a good detective tv show!

[@steadfastgodcast]

☦️☦️☦️