A baptismal name for a boy
Joachim
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Joachim
Righteous JoachimSeptember 9Husband of the righteous Anna and father of the Virgin Mary, maternal grandfather of Jesus Christ.
Saint Joachim of AlexandriaSeptember 17Greek Patriarch of Alexandria from 1486 to 1567.
Saint Joachim of KorsunFebruary 10First bishop of Novgorod from about 989 to 1030, who by the chronicles came from Cherson around the time of the baptism of Rus.
Venerable Joachim of OsogovoAugust 16Bulgarian hermit named for Mount Osogovo, a contemporary of Gabriel of Lesnovo and Prochorus of Pčinja.
Saint Joachim I of BulgariaJanuary 18Patriarch of Bulgaria from 1235 to 1246, the first head of the restored Patriarchate at Tarnovo, who died in 1246..jpg)
Hieromartyr Joachim LevitskyArchbishop of Nizhny Novgorod, killed by the Bolsheviks at Sevastopol about 1921; by some accounts, crucified.- Venerable Joachim of OpochkaSeptember 9Disciple of Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov, who founded a community on the river Shelon and died around 1550.
- Venerable Joachim of IthacaMarch 2Greek monk born in 1786 on the island of Ithaca, who lived as an ascetic at Vatopedi and died in 1868.
- Martyr JoachimJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Saint Joachim of ChiosA saint of Chios, commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Joachim of ShartomJune 7A Russian venerable of Shartom, who died in 1634.
- Venerable Joachim of SiyaA venerable father of Siya Monastery, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Joachim is September 9, the feast of Righteous Joachim. It is also kept on September 17, February 10, August 16, January 18, March 2, June 11, June 7.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Joachim, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Joachim is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Righteous Joachim as patron.