The Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna.
Today, the day following the Nativity of the most holy Theotokos, we celebrate the synaxis of Saints Joachim and Anna, honoring them as her parents.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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