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Saint Joachim ("he whom YHWH
Tetragrammaton

Tetragrammaton The letters, properly read from right to left , are:|-! Hebrew !! Letter name !! Pronunciation|-valign=top| ?'...
 has set up", Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ??????????, Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ??a?e?µ) was the husband of Saint Anne
Saint Anne

Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
 and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and therefore is ascribed the title of "forebearer of God", in the Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Sts. Joachim and Anne appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James
Gospel of James

The Gospel of James, also sometimes known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an New Testament apocrypha probably written about AD 150....
.

The canon
Biblical canon

A Biblical canon or canon of scripture is a list or set of Bible books considered to be authoritative as scripture by a particular religious community, generally in Judaism or Christianity....
ical Gospel
Gospel

In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of the first four books of the New Testament that describe the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus....
 accounts in the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
 do not explicitly name either of Mary's parents, but some argue that the genealogy
Genealogy of Jesus

The genealogy of Jesus through Joseph is given by two passages from the Gospels, Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke . Both of them trace Jesus' line back to David and from there on to Abraham; Luke traces the line all the way back to Adam ....
 in Luke
Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke is a Synoptic Gospels, and is the third and longest of the four Biblical canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus of Nazareth....
 3 is that of Mary rather than Joseph, thereby naming her father as Eli (Heli).






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Saint Joachim ("he whom YHWH
Tetragrammaton

Tetragrammaton The letters, properly read from right to left , are:|-! Hebrew !! Letter name !! Pronunciation|-valign=top| ?'...
 has set up", Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ??????????, Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ??a?e?µ) was the husband of Saint Anne
Saint Anne

Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
 and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and therefore is ascribed the title of "forebearer of God", in the Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Sts. Joachim and Anne appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James
Gospel of James

The Gospel of James, also sometimes known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an New Testament apocrypha probably written about AD 150....
.

The canon
Biblical canon

A Biblical canon or canon of scripture is a list or set of Bible books considered to be authoritative as scripture by a particular religious community, generally in Judaism or Christianity....
ical Gospel
Gospel

In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of the first four books of the New Testament that describe the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus....
 accounts in the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
 do not explicitly name either of Mary's parents, but some argue that the genealogy
Genealogy of Jesus

The genealogy of Jesus through Joseph is given by two passages from the Gospels, Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke . Both of them trace Jesus' line back to David and from there on to Abraham; Luke traces the line all the way back to Adam ....
 in Luke
Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke is a Synoptic Gospels, and is the third and longest of the four Biblical canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus of Nazareth....
 3 is that of Mary rather than Joseph, thereby naming her father as Eli (Heli). Later traditions, however, specify that this Eli was a first cousin of Mary's father Joachim..

In the Gospel of James
Gospel of James

The Gospel of James, also sometimes known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an New Testament apocrypha probably written about AD 150....
, Joachim is described as a rich and pious man of the house of Amram
Amram

In the Book of Exodus, Amram , is the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam and the husband of Jochebed...
 who regularly gave to the poor and to the temple (synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
) at Sepphoris. However, as his wife was barren, the high priest rejected Joachim and his sacrifice, as his wife's childlessness was interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. Joachim consequently withdrew to the desert where he fasted and did penance for forty days. Angels then appeared to both Joachim and Anne to promise them a child. Joachim later returned to Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 and embraced Anne at the city gate. The cycle of legends concerning Sts. Joachim and Anne were included in the Golden Legend
Golden Legend

The Golden Legend, Legenda Aurea, or Legenda Sanctorum by Jacobus de Voragine is a collection of fanciful hagiography or lives of the saints, that became a late Middle Ages bestseller....
 and remained popular in Christian art
Christian art

Christian art is art produced in an attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form the principles of Christianity. Virtually all Christian groupings use or have used art to some extent....
 until the Council of Trent
Council of Trent

The Council of Trent was the 16th century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Considered one of the Church's most important councils, it convened in Trento between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods....
 restricted the depiction of apocryphal events. Traditional depictions (vestibular
Vestibule (architecture)

A vestibule is a lobby , entrance hall, or passage between the entrance and the interior of a building.The same term can apply to structures in Modern architecture or Roman architecture....
 statuary, etc) of St. Joachim show him bearing a shovel
Shovel

A shovel is a tool for lifting and moving loose material such as coal, gravel, snow, soil, or sand and is an extremely common tool which is used extensively in agriculture, construction and gardening....
.

No liturgical celebration of Saint Joachim was included in the Tridentine Calendar
Tridentine Calendar

The Tridentine Calendar is the calendar of saints to be honoured in the official liturgy of the Roman Rite during the course of the liturgical year....
. It was added to the General Roman Calendar in 1584, for celebration on March 20, the day after the feast day of Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph

Joseph "of the House of David" is known from the New Testament as the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus and although according to Christian tradition he was not the biological father of Jesus, he acted as his foster-father and as head of the Holy Family....
. In 1738 it was transferred to the Sunday after the Octave
Octave (liturgical)

"Octave" has two senses in Christian liturgical usage. In the first sense, it is the eighth day after a feast, reckoning inclusively, and so always falls on the same day of the week as the feast itself....
 of the Assumption
Assumption of Mary

The Roman Catholic Church teaches as Dogma that the Mary , "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." This means that Mary was transported into Heaven with her body and soul united....
. As part of his effort to allow the liturgy of Sundays to be celebrated, Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X

Pope St. Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII ....
 transferred it to August 16, the day after the feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Assumption of Mary

The Roman Catholic Church teaches as Dogma that the Mary , "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." This means that Mary was transported into Heaven with her body and soul united....
, so that St. Joachim may be remembered in the celebration of her triumph. It was then celebrated as a Double of the 2nd Class, a rank that was changed in 1960 to that of 2nd Class Feast
General Roman Calendar of 1962

This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as it was in 1962, following the reforms of Pope John XXIII introduced with his motu proprio of 23 July 1960....
. In 1969 it was joined to that of Saint Anne
Saint Anne

Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
, for celebration on July 26.

In Islam

The House of Imran (Arabic: ?? ?????, Suratu Ali-'Imran, "The chapter the House of Imran Imran
Imran (father of Maryam)

Imran is believed by Muslims as the father of the Islamic view of Virgin Mary. This is mentioned in the Qur'an in verses 35-36 of Sura Al-i-Imran and verse 12 of Sura At-Tahrim....
 ") is the 3rd chapter of the Qur'an with two hundred verses. Imran is Arabic for the biblical Amram in the bible is also regarded as the ancestor of Mary. This chapter is named after the family Imran
Imran (father of Maryam)

Imran is believed by Muslims as the father of the Islamic view of Virgin Mary. This is mentioned in the Qur'an in verses 35-36 of Sura Al-i-Imran and verse 12 of Sura At-Tahrim....
 (Joachim) which includes; Imran
Imran (father of Maryam)

Imran is believed by Muslims as the father of the Islamic view of Virgin Mary. This is mentioned in the Qur'an in verses 35-36 of Sura Al-i-Imran and verse 12 of Sura At-Tahrim....
 (?Arabic: ????? , Joachim), Hanna (Arabic: ????? , St. Ann
Saint Anne

Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
), Maryam (Arabic: ???? , Mary) and Jesus (Arabic: ???? , Jesus). The chapter is believed to have been revealed in Medina
Medina

Medina is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad....
 and is either the second or third in Medina
Medina

Medina is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad....
n revelation. Almost all of it also belongs to the 3rd year of the Hijra
Hijri year

The Hijra , or withdrawal, is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622, and marks the start of the Hijri year of the Islamic calendar....
. In this chapter the miraculous birth of Mary, St. John the Baptist
Yahya ibn Zakariyya

Yahya ibn Zakariya is a Prophets of Islam also known as the Bible figure John the Baptist. According to the Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be a witness to the word of God, and a righteous prophet who would herald the coming of Jesus in Islam....
 and Jesus was mentioned. In this chapter its mentioned the god
Allah

Allah is the standard Arabic language word for God. While the term is best known in the Western world for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, in reference to "God"....
 had chosen Adam
Islamic view of Adam

Adam , also spelt Aadam, is the first prophet of Islam and mentioned in the Qur'an as the husband of Eve ....
, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran
Imran (father of Maryam)

Imran is believed by Muslims as the father of the Islamic view of Virgin Mary. This is mentioned in the Qur'an in verses 35-36 of Sura Al-i-Imran and verse 12 of Sura At-Tahrim....
 over Alamin
Alamin

In Islamic philosophy, Alamin refers to the Universe or Worlds, or all that exists. This includes humans, plants, animals, earth, stars, Genie and angels....
 (creation).

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