Joel

The Holy Prophet Joel is commemorated in the Greek synaxarion on 30 March. According to the synaxarion, he was from Judah and was sent by God to King Jeroboam to rebuke him over the calves (after 3 Kingdoms 13).

When Jeroboam stretched out his hand to seize the prophet, the hand withered, and it was restored by the prophet's prayer. Joel had been commanded by God not to eat or drink in that place, but, deceived by a false prophet, he ate. For this disobedience a lion killed him, without eating his body. He was buried beside the tomb of the false prophet who had misled him.

The synaxarion notes that this is a different Joel from the prophet commemorated on 19 October. Some synaxarists call him Joad.