[[Image:Saint_Ypomoni.jpg|thumbnail|right|Icon of St. Hipomoni from the Holy monastery of St. Augoustinos Ipponos and St. Serafim Sarof, Trikorfo Fokidas, Greece, known also as the monastery of the ''free monks'' (taken from [http://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rel.gr/photo/albums/userpics/10039/normal_Saint.Ypomoni.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rel.gr/photo/displayimage.php%3Falbum%3D26%26pos%3D65&usg=__YWpR6qLnpLJLGULBSgm90yh_0Uw=&h=400&w=237&sz=23&hl=el&start=1&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=_pst4fYcUXR1EM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=73&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%25CE%2591%25CE%2593%25CE%2599%25CE%2591%2B%25CE%25A5%25CE%25A0%25CE%259F%25CE%259C%25CE%259F%25CE%259D%25CE%2597%26um%3D1%26hl%3Del%26sa%3DG%26tbm%3Disch&ei=9heoTZWFDIPctAbqzMSBBw])]]
'''Saint Hipomoni''' is translated in English to '''Saint Patience'''. The holy and right believing Empress '''Augusta Helen - Dragasi Palaiologos''' was also known by her monastic name of '''Ipomoni'''. She was the daughter of the emperor of Slavs ''Constantine Dragasis''. She became empress of Byzantium as the wife of ''Emmanuel Palaiologos''. She had six children.
