Mother Teresa, originally Agnesa Gondža Bojadži (b. Skopje, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire, 1910 – d. Calcutta, India, 1997), was a Catholic missionary and humanitarian, winner of many awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize (1979), UNESCO Peace Prize (1992), etc. In Skopje, she was born, finished the high school, and left after her father Nikola’s death. She joined the “Loreto Sisters” order in Bengal, taught at “St. Mary’s High School” in Calcutta (1931–1948), and established the order « Missionaries of Charity » (1950). After her death she was canonized, and received the title of Blessed Mother Teresa. Her canonization in Skopje held on 11 September 2016, on the Square “Makedonija”, by the Papal Cardinal Vinko Puli.
