Brittney LevinsonMay 27, 2026 – 5.00amBefore he sits down for our interview, Greek-Australian property mogul Con Makris looks me in the eye and – as if starring in the trailer for his own biopic – tells me his story is unbelievable. “You won’t believe it. I don’t believe it,” he says.Barely a minute passes before Makris launches into perhaps his most incredible story of all: a life-changing, spiritual encounter. It was in a small village in Mykonos during a visit to Greece in the 1980s that Makris and wife Carol came across a young boy with cerebral palsy struggling to walk. Makris resolved to pay for the boy’s treatment. After a visit to the holy island of Tinos, he returned to Mykonos to seek him out and was unexpectedly guided by a veiled woman who had such a strong spirituality that Makris felt he was in the presence of the Virgin Mary, willing him to help the child.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles