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=Mother Teresa=



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Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997) also known as Teresa of Calcutta, MC was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary.She was born in Skopje, Macedonia, then still in the Ottoman Empire, into a family of Kosovar Albanian ancestry. After having lived in Macedonia for some eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counselling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as a fourth voMother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997) also known as Teresa of Calcutta, MC, was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary.[4] She was born in Skopje, Macedonia, then still in the Ottoman Empire, into a family of Kosovar Albanian ancestry. After having lived in Macedonia for some eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

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Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu meaning "rosebud" or "little flower" in Albanian) on 26 August 1910, she considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, to be her "true birthday".Her birthplace of Skopje, now capital of the Republic of Macedonia, was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1918, when it became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

She was the youngest of the children of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai). Her father, who was involved in Albanian politics, died in 1919 when she was eight years old. Her father may have been from Prizren, Kosovo, while her mother may have been from a village near Gjakova.

According to a biography written by Joan Graff Clucas, in her early years Agnes was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service in Bengal, and by age 12 had become convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life.[20] Her final resolution was taken on 15 August 1928, while praying at the shrine of the Black Madonna of Vitina-Letnice, where she often went on pilgrimage.