Mother Teresa Nun

Описание: Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded and was an active member of the Missionaries of Charity. Although her passport name was Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, she was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Üsküb—now Skopje, capital of North Macedonia. Wikipedia
Born: 26 August 1910, Skopje, North Macedonia
Died: 5 September 1997, Kolkata
Full name: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, Order of the Smile, Golden Honour of the Nation, more
Movies: Mother Teresa and Her World, The legacy of Mother Teresa, Don't Ask Me, Ask God, more
Nationality: Albanian, Indian, Ottoman, Yugoslav, Yugoslavian

Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded and was an active member of the Missionaries of Charity. Although her passport name was Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu[6], she was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]) in Üsküb[a]—now Skopje, capital of North Macedonia. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

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Mother Teresa in 1995

Virgin, Nun, Missionary, FoundressBornAnjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
26 August 1910
Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia)Died5 September 1997 (aged 87)
Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaVenerated inCatholic ChurchBeatified19 October 2003, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul IICanonized4 September 2016, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope FrancisMajor shrineMother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaFeast5 September[1]Attributes

Missionaries of Charity Habit

Rosary

Patronage

World Youth Day

Missionaries of Charity

Archdiocese of Calcutta (co-patron)[2][3]

TitleSuperior general

Personal

ReligionCatholicismNationality

Ottoman subject (1910–1912)

Serbian subject (1912–1915)

Bulgarian subject (1915–1918)

Yugoslavian subject (1918–1943)

Yugoslavian citizen (1943–1948)

Indian subject (1948–1950)

Indian citizen[4] (1950–1997)

Albanian citizen[5] (1991–1997)

Honorary American citizenship (awarded 1996)

DenominationCatholicSignatureInstitute

Sisters of Loreto (1928–1948)

Missionaries of Charity (1950–1997)

Senior postingPeriod in office1950–1997SuccessorSr. Nirmala Joshi, MC

After Mother Teresa founded her missionary[7] Roman Catholic religious congregation, it grew to have over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries as of 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. The congregation also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and also profess a fourth vow—to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."[8]

Mother Teresa received several honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonised on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary of her death (5 September) is her feast day. A controversial figure during her life and after her death, Mother Teresa was admired by many for her charitable work. She was praised and criticised on various counts, such as for her views on abortion and contraception, and was criticized for poor conditions in her houses for the dying. Her authorized biography was written by Navin Chawla and published in 1992, and she has been the subject of films and other books. On 6 September 2017, Mother Teresa and St. Francis Xavier were named co-patrons of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta.