[[Image:Joakeim_papoulakis.jpg|right|thumbnail|Saint Joachim of Vatopaidi Vatopaedi o PapoulakosPapoulakis]]Our venerable father among the [[saint]]s '''Joachim of VatopaidiVatopaedi''' (also known as '''PapoulakosPapoulakis''') or '''Joachim of IthakaIthaca''' is remembered by the Church on [[March 23]].

In 1786, St Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi Ithaca was born in 1786 as ''John Ioannis Patrikios'' to the devout parents, Angelos and Agnes Agne Patrikios, in the little village of Kalyvia of Ithaka Ithaca in Greece. At a very early age, his mother passed away and his father remarried. His stepmother would be moved in jealousy towards the young child and it was well known that she mistreated him. This forced him at an early age to learn patience and he learnt to spend many hours hiding from her; reading the [[Holy Scripture|Holy Scriptures]] and praying at a small [[church]] near his home dedicated to St. [[Spyridon the Wonderworker|Spyridon]].

He joined the family business and worked for his father as a sailor. One one of his trips, he visited [[Mount Athos]], where he became a [[monk]] and stayed at the [[Monastery]] of [[Vatopedi Monastery (Athos)|VatopaidiVatopaedi]] taking on the name of "Joachim".

In 1827, the saint returned to his hometown of Ithaka Ithaca and served the church there for the remainder of his life. He peacefully fell asleep in the Lord in Vathy of Ithaca on [[March 2]], 1868.

<small>Note, the information used in this article is a loose translation and summary of key components of this Saints life, from the Greek book written by Κωνσταντίνου Κωνσταντίνος Π. ΚανέλλουΚανέλλος, "Ο Όσιος Ιωακείμ ο Ιθακήσιος (1786-1868)" </small>

* Ενοριακός παλμόςΠαλμός, «''Ι. Ν. Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου Οβρυάς''», έτος 5ο, αρ. φ. 51, ΜΑΡΤΙΟΣ 2000.

;Other Saints named also known as '''Papoulakos[[Papoulakis]]'''