Broad Reach Maritime, the sailing ministry of Hellenic Ministries, has recently added another vessel to its growing fleet. A 33-foot sailboat, Dolphin III, was donated by an American missionary who was influenced early in life by HM’s late founder, Costas Macris. The boat is currently being outfitted in the Azore islands in the North Atlantic and will soon make its voyage to the Mediterranean…
Αυξήθηκε η τηλεθέαση στο “Ζώντας Πραγματικά”
«Είμαι πολύ θρήσκος, αλλά πρώτη φορά στη ζωή μου άκουσα τον Λόγο του Θεού με έναν τόσο καθαρό και δυνατό τρόπο» ήταν το σχόλιο ενός μόνο τηλεθεατή από την Αθήνα ανάμεσα στους πολλούς που παρακολουθούν το τηλεοπτικό μας πρόγραμμα «Ζώντας Πραγματικά». Είμαστε χαρούμενοι, γιατί η τηλεθέαση αυξήθηκε, ιδιαίτερα εν μέσω καραντίνας και η ανταπόκριση…
Zontas Pragmatika: Views have increased
“I am a religious person, but for the first time in my life I heard the Word of God in such a clear and powerful way,” said an 80-year-old man from Athens, who watched our TV program ‘Zontas’. We are happy, because the TV views have increased, especially in the middle of quarantine and the viewers’ response…
Happy Mother’s Day Mrs. Alky
It’s fair to say that Alky Macris is the ‘mother’ of Hellenic Ministries, for she helped begin the organization in 1980 along with her husband, Costas Macris. In fact, she remains an active member of HM to this day. Thus, on the occasion of Mother’s Day, we as members of the HM family want to say “thank you” and to wish Alky a “Happy and Blessed Mother’s Day!”
The ‘little flower’ who escaped from the 70-year-old
Could anyone blame the young Iranian girl, Saim*, for running away from her marriage?
At only seventeen years of age, she felt like “a lamb being led to slaughter” when her father forced her to marry a seventy-year-old man in exchange for money. She felt imprisoned, and when she…
Happy Graduation!
Happy Graduation!!! The Discipleship Training Center recently celebrated 10 graduates! The theme of the graduation was Honor; during the ceremony, honor was given to the teachers, mentors, and especially the students, who have displayed diligence and enthusiasm during the 6 months of study. The honor was also shown to the students by a local Romanian church who blessed each student with gifts and provided a meal after the ceremony.
Mehdi felt the love of God in ‘The Good Samaritan’
“The first thing I will do when I arrive in Germany is to search for a church and find Christian friends like you.” With this phrase and with tears in his eyes, Mehdi—a 35-year-old refugee from Afghanistan— bid farewell to Javad, the director of…
We will remember little Arsenis full of love
They say that there is no worse thing than a parent losing a child. This would be confirmed by Nicky*, who last autumn experienced the traumatic loss of her little son Arsenis at just 7 days old… Her pregnancy was unplanned, and when she learned that the father of her child was imprisoned abroad for 3 years, she despaired and decided to have an abortion. But, miraculously…
A skills workshop for refugees
Colorful threads, needles and thimbles strewn on the furniture; tangled with laughter, engagement and commentary in a variety of languages was the atmosphere created by the diverse sewing team meeting every Friday in Gabby’s home for about six months, before being housed in a gallery in central Athens. There the group received its official title as the…
How God set Leila free from depression
When 20-year-old Leila from Afganistan arrived in Greece with her two children and her mother, she was wrapped in a black veil of depression. In her suitcases she had packed not only her belongings, but also the bad memories of her ex-husband, who beat her and eventually abandoned her, leaving her to fend for herself.