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Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

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August 3, 2026 · 1 min read

Dormition Lent The seven sleepers of Ephesus: Saints Maximilian, Iamblichus, Martinian, John, Denis, Constantine and Antoninus (around 250); Saint Eleutherius, martyr at Tharsus (around 310); holy Source

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Paweł Nowak

This Saint Eleutherius of Tarsus is interesting, I have rarely heard of him. And these Seven Sleepers of Ephesus always remind me that in the forest near Białystok I sometimes find old shrines with their images. It's good that they remind caré of them at this beginning.

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