Mother Teresa… Very few know that this woman’s real name was Agnessa Boyajian. She was an Armenian. She told about it to Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen I during her visit to Armenia in 1988 after the disastrous earthquake.
Speaking to Nyut.am Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Church said, “Yes, it is really so. Mother Teresa is an Armenian. Surname of her father who escaped from Western Armenia to Albania is Boyajian. Her mother is Albanian Christian. She told it to Vazgen I during their meeting in 1988.”
The information was written by Hrachuhi Palanduzian and was immediately confirmed in the USA by our compatriot Nazik Hakobyan who is living there for already 20 years. In her letter she told that 15 years ago when she was living on Seattle an Albanian woman told her that Mother Teresa was Armenian.
“I was working in souvenir shop for many years. One day a customer appeared. She asked me a question and I was responding, she smiled and asked me about my pronunciation. I said I am from Armenia, and she said she was Albanian and noted that our great, renowned Mother Teresa is Armenian and that they love Armenians very much. I was very surprised, as I did not know about it. She, on her part, was surprised that I did not know.”
The time has come for the world to know that Mother Teresa was Armenian.
According to Wikipedia, the real name of Teresa of Calcutta is Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is 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 vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor".
Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2003, she was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle credited to her intercession is required before she can be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.
