A baptismal name for a boy
Joel
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Joel
Prophet JoelOctober 19Second of the twelve minor prophets, author of the book that bears his name.
Confessor Joel of OzeryanySeptember 11Archimandrite of Cossack stock, a labourer at Sviatohirsk Hermitage and a founder of Kuriazh Monastery around 1663.- Prophet JoelMarch 30The prophet Joel, one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament.
- Prophet JoelMarch 3One of the twelve Minor Prophets, whose book stands in the Old Testament.
- Venerable Joel of Ialomicioara CaveA monk of the skete of Ialomicioara Cave, who reposed in 1940; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Joel is October 19, the feast of Prophet Joel. It is also kept on September 11, March 30, March 3.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Joel, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Joel is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Joel as patron.