Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
  • One of the most loved, well travelled, and incredible, stories from the Early Church. The tale of the seven sleepers from the city of Ephesus is one of the most unusual and exciting episodes we've done yet.
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  • @mahirsantal2867
    @mahirsantal2867 Год назад +32

    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.

  • @firmbiz000
    @firmbiz000 Год назад +38

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

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад +5

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

  • @zouhairnauman2028
    @zouhairnauman2028 Месяц назад +4

    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)

  • @OrthoKarter
    @OrthoKarter Год назад +89

    Christ Is Risen

    • @rtdude1
      @rtdude1 Год назад +10

      Indeed He is risen

    • @ifryrice
      @ifryrice Год назад +6

      Christ will come again

    • @SimpleAmadeus
      @SimpleAmadeus Год назад +7

      Truly He is risen.

    • @b_ks
      @b_ks Год назад +3

      I do believe that He rose.

    • @codymarkley8372
      @codymarkley8372 Год назад +1

      Indeed he is risen

  • @rtdude1
    @rtdude1 Год назад +23

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

  • @kateleurs5012
    @kateleurs5012 Год назад +17

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

  • @xnihilo1044
    @xnihilo1044 4 месяца назад +12

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

    • @curiousing
      @curiousing 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @ArchangelsBookClub
    @ArchangelsBookClub Год назад +11

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

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад +2

      Really appreciate that, thank you!

    • @ArchangelsBookClub
      @ArchangelsBookClub Год назад

      @@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

  • @johanvandersandt8904
    @johanvandersandt8904 Год назад +10

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

  • @essboarder23
    @essboarder23 Год назад +8

    Love this story ☦️

  • @d.aletadrawdy7584
    @d.aletadrawdy7584 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @ronwood788
    @ronwood788 Год назад +4

    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.

  • @Catkat-xz8tx
    @Catkat-xz8tx Год назад +16

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

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад +3

      Thank you and welcome to the channel!

  • @ancientofdayslionofjudah2427
    @ancientofdayslionofjudah2427 Год назад +4

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

  • @feeble_stirrings
    @feeble_stirrings Год назад +3

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

  • @kypha
    @kypha 11 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @danieldefonce
    @danieldefonce Год назад +15

    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 RUclips 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.”

  • @arlenehutchinson9259
    @arlenehutchinson9259 11 месяцев назад +1

    THANK YOU RUclips 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.

  • @curiousing
    @curiousing 3 месяца назад +1

    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!

  • @juancarlos-uv8gm
    @juancarlos-uv8gm Год назад +4

    Thanks for bringin this gold to our time.

  • @FrMaximilianMaryDean
    @FrMaximilianMaryDean Год назад +1

    “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.

  • @Krentiles
    @Krentiles Год назад +3

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

  • @gerardgrywacheski1418
    @gerardgrywacheski1418 Год назад +3

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

  • @nevafitzgerald2402
    @nevafitzgerald2402 Год назад +2

    Love this episode, welcome back I missed you both❤

  • @nicgundy
    @nicgundy Год назад +4

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

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад +3

      A pleasure! It's a really really good one

  • @Orthodox.shahada
    @Orthodox.shahada Год назад +8

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

  • @zita-lein
    @zita-lein Год назад +2

    Latin Rite here. Loved this!

    • @curiousing
      @curiousing 3 месяца назад

      Latin Rite Catholic or Western Rite Orthodox?

  • @panoramicprism
    @panoramicprism Год назад +3

    I looove chamomile tea. Thank God for it!

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад +1

      Amen to that! A very helpful tea

  • @richardglady3009
    @richardglady3009 3 месяца назад

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

  • @mrsnkg7904
    @mrsnkg7904 Год назад +3

    Glory to you our God, glory to you!

  • @ishofarabia
    @ishofarabia Год назад +113

    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
      @setuesetue9458 Год назад +3

      I,ve seen the movie too

    • @ChristianEphraimson
      @ChristianEphraimson Год назад +5

      God bless

    • @lounaannajung4454
      @lounaannajung4454 Год назад +25

      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
      @Hastenforthedawm 8 месяцев назад +9

      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
      @RobMikael 7 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @enoch2425
    @enoch2425 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @HabashyAngy
    @HabashyAngy Год назад +3

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

  • @silas427
    @silas427 Год назад +5

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

  • @meangreenmememachine2890
    @meangreenmememachine2890 Год назад +2

    very interesting, god bless!✋🏻

  • @leoandolino4668
    @leoandolino4668 Год назад

    Thank you!!!!

  • @tallmikbcroft6937
    @tallmikbcroft6937 Год назад +5

    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
      @Patristix  Год назад +2

      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
      @tallmikbcroft6937 Год назад +1

      @@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

  • @matronarona
    @matronarona Год назад +3

    You are amazing

  • @STMukr
    @STMukr 3 месяца назад

    Thk ye ladd ❤
    God bless ❤

  • @RianMarto
    @RianMarto 3 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @stuckmannen3876
    @stuckmannen3876 Год назад +1

    This blew my mind 👁️👁️

  • @kevinseaquist9670
    @kevinseaquist9670 10 месяцев назад

    Cool story!

  • @Max_Pilgrim
    @Max_Pilgrim Год назад

    A prayer at the end is a great idea.

  • @Ahmed-ko5eo
    @Ahmed-ko5eo Год назад +1

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

  • @IfearGod.
    @IfearGod. Год назад +1

    There goes that number 7 again

  • @noeljbass
    @noeljbass Год назад +1

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

    • @khaledegy8528
      @khaledegy8528 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @maxsmith7717
    @maxsmith7717 Год назад

    Legend bro

  • @worldinmychest
    @worldinmychest Год назад +1

    What is the music from the intro? :)

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад +2

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

  • @charisally
    @charisally 3 месяца назад

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

  • @somewhatreallycoolguy7439
    @somewhatreallycoolguy7439 3 месяца назад

    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
      @mariaaaa1128 2 месяца назад

      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

  • @b_ks
    @b_ks Год назад

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

  • @josephodoherty7864
    @josephodoherty7864 Год назад

    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?

  • @ChristianEphraimson
    @ChristianEphraimson Год назад

    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
      @Patristix  Год назад +4

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

    • @ChristianEphraimson
      @ChristianEphraimson Год назад

      @@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
      @Patristix  Год назад +6

      @@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!

  • @savvywitty646
    @savvywitty646 Год назад

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

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад

      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.

  • @rammyyyyy
    @rammyyyyy Месяц назад

    Quran also talking about Ashab-e-qahaf

  • @Hedgehogz856
    @Hedgehogz856 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @wildfire3989
    @wildfire3989 3 месяца назад

    Story is also in Quran سورة الكهف

  • @nevafitzgerald2402
    @nevafitzgerald2402 10 месяцев назад

    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
      @Patristix  10 месяцев назад +1

      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

  • @mxxx5315
    @mxxx5315 19 дней назад

    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

  • @melo7591
    @melo7591 Год назад +1

    4:50 am and I can’t sleep 😅

  • @TiroDvD
    @TiroDvD Год назад

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

  • @TheRadChadDad
    @TheRadChadDad Год назад +3

    ☦️☦️☦️

  • @iwansaputra1890
    @iwansaputra1890 9 месяцев назад

    this legen written by jacob of serugh

  • @HomoEucharistica
    @HomoEucharistica Год назад +1

    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.

  • @abusamir
    @abusamir 8 месяцев назад +2

    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
      @Patristix  8 месяцев назад +1

      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.

  • @husha6372
    @husha6372 11 месяцев назад +3

    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

  • @Poland2077
    @Poland2077 Год назад

    hi

  • @jaferwaseem4047
    @jaferwaseem4047 Год назад +1

    Brother in quran god told this story ....

  • @sidkhan3854
    @sidkhan3854 5 часов назад

    7 sleepers in quran masha allah

  • @jhake67
    @jhake67 Год назад

    and that my friends is how christianity spreads...

  • @dragandragic6601
    @dragandragic6601 Год назад +7

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

  • @ozzzz9328
    @ozzzz9328 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @petergunn9149
    @petergunn9149 Год назад +2

    ☦️☦️☦️

    • @Patristix
      @Patristix  Год назад

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

  • @steadfastgodcast
    @steadfastgodcast Год назад +1

    ☦️☦️☦️