The story of the persecuted Christians falling asleep in the cave is also known in Christianity as "The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus" or "The Seven Holy Youths of

The story of the persecuted Christians falling asleep in the cave is also known in Christianity as "The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus" or "The Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus"[1]. Their feast day in the Orthodox church is tomorrow[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sleepers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sleepers [2] http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=152&type=saints http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=152&type=... Edit: I found this article extremely insightful, but have nothing insightful of my own to offer in response except for this bit of trivia. :)