A man is never abandoned by God
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Michal Hudak was born on July 29, 1931. He originates from the ethnic of lowland Slovaks, who lived in Slovensky Komlos in Hungary. He was a son of a merchant with groceries Michal Hudak, and Gizela Hudakova (nee Kovacova). As a student of gymnasium in Segedin, he witnessed war events connected to “allied bombing” of the city and the last transition of the front-line. After the war and the rise of communism, his family moved to Czechoslovakia. He completed gymnasium in Dolny Kubin, later he continued with studies on Protestant Theological Faculty in Bratislava, however due to ideological tension he was viewed as opponent of the regime and had to discontinue his studies and attend basic military service. In 1955, he married a fellow theology student Ludmila Mazakova. In the past, she was subjected to interrogation of Stb and coerced to sign cooperation, which had lifelong negative consequences on her mental health. After completing the studies, he worked as chaplain in Kosice, vicar in Sahy and later in Jelsava. Due to deteriorating health of his son, he was was forced to move to Liptovsky Peter, where he worked until retirement. His service laster until 1996, in 1997 he founded a publishing house Polarka, which concentrates on Scandinavian Protestant literature. He currently resides in Liptovsky Ondrej.
