When is Hypomone’s name day?

Hypomone can be celebrated on 2 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Hypomone is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Hypomone

  March 13, Holy Woman, Υπομονή

  St. Hypomone was born Helen Dragas, daughter of a Serbian prince, and became the wife of the emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors of Byzantium, John VIII and Constantine XI. A woman of deep piety, she was the support of her family through the final years of the empire.

  Name days: Ypomoni, Ipomoni, Hypomone, Ypomeni

• Hypomone the Righteous

  May 29, Holy Woman, Υπομονή

  Helen Dragas, a Serbian princess, married the Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and was the mother of the last two emperors, John VIII and Constantine XI. After her husband's death she became a nun with the name Hypomone, meaning patience, and devoted herself to prayer and charity.

  Name days: Ypomoni, Hypomone, Ipomoni, Ypomeni

Also celebrating with Hypomone

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Ypomoni, Ipomoni, Ypomeni

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.