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In
Anglican,
Roman Catholic, and
Orthodox tradition,
Saint Joachim ("he whom
YHWH has set up",
Hebrew language: יהוֹיָקִים) was the husband of
Saint Anne and the father of the
Virgin Mary, and therefore is ascribed the title of "forebearer of God." The
canonical
Gospel accounts in the
New Testament don't explicitly name either of Mary's
parents, but some argue that the
genealogy in
Luke 3 is that of Mary rather than Joseph, thereby naming her father as
Eli. Catholic and Orthodox theologians who hold to this and reject the Stepfather Jacob tradition say "Eli" may be short for "Eliakim," which is similar to "Joachim." The story of Joachim and Anne appears in the apocryphal
Proto-gospel of James.
Joachim is described as a rich and pious man of the house of
Amram who regularly gives to the poor and to the temple at
Sepphoris. However, as his wife is barren, the High Priest rejects Joachim and his sacrifice, his wife's childlessness being interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. Joachim consequently withdraws to the desert where he fasts and does penance for forty days. Angels appear to both Joachim and Anne to promise them a child. Joachim returns to
Jerusalem and embraces Anne at the city gate. The cycle of legends concerning Joachim and Anne were included in the
Golden Legend and remained popular in
Christian art until the
Council of Trent restricted the depiction of apocryphal events. The
Roman Rite now celebrates Saint Joachim's
feast day jointly with Saint Anne on
July 26, but those who use the 1962 edition of the
Roman Missal as an
extraordinary form of the Roman Rite continue to celebrate Saint Joachim's feast on
August 16, the day following the
Assumption. Traditional depictions (vestibular statuary, etc) of Joachim show him bearing a
shovel.
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