Joachim (he whom YHWH has set up Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary the mother of Jesus according to the Roman Catholic Orthodox and Anglican traditions. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible. His feast day is July 26.
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