Seven sleepers | |
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![]() Illustration from the Menologion of Basil II | |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Islam |
Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
Feast | 27 July 4 August, October 22 (Eastern Christianity) |
The Seven Sleepers (Greek: ἑπτὰ κοιμώμενοι, romanized: hepta koimōmenoi;[2] Latin: Septem dormientes), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, aṣḥāb al-kahf, lit. Companions of the Cave),[3] is a late antique Christian legend, and a Qur’anic Islamic story. The Christian legend speaks about a group of youths who hid inside a cave[4] outside the city of Ephesus (modern-day Selçuk, Turkey) around AD 250 to escape Roman persecutions of Christians and emerged many years later. The Qur'anic version of the story appears in Sura 18 (18:9–26).[3]
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