= Seven Sleepers' Day
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Seven Sleepers' Day, also known as the Feast of the Seven Sleepers, is a Christian holiday celebrated in various traditions, primarily within the Western and Eastern Orthodox Churches. It commemorates the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, a group of Christian youths who, according to tradition, fell asleep in a cave to escape persecution during the Roman Empire and awoke centuries later during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II.
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