The Marian devotion of Saint Teresa of Calcutta in her native Skopje

Marian Advocation of Skopje (Skopje)
Recognized by the Church

Santa Teresa de Calcutta (Anjezë Gondhe Bojaxhiu) was born in Skopje in 1910, within an Albanian Catholic family, and there he spent his childhood and youth before leaving for religious life. The city retains its memory as a most famous daughter. In Skopje there is a memorial house dedicated to it; the available sources do not require further verifiable details about its local cult.

Main data

Origin and history

Santa Teresa de Calcutta (Anjezë Gondhe Bojaxhiu) was born in Skopje in 1910, within an Albanian Catholic family, and there he spent his childhood and youth before leaving for religious life. The city retains its memory as a most famous daughter. In Skopje there is a memorial house dedicated to it; the available sources do not require further verifiable details about its local cult.

The image and the sanctuary

There is no Marian image with specific cult linked to the figure of the saint in Skopje. The Marian bond is first and foremost spiritual: the deep devotion to the Virgin who marked the whole life of Teresa of Calcutta and who she transmitted to her Missionaries of Charity.

Sponsorship and coronation

There is no Marian patronage or canonical coronation linked to this memory.

Party and devotion

Santa Teresa de Calcutta is celebrated liturgically on September 5. His figure keeps alive in North Macedonia the memory of a simple and constant Marian piety, typical of the one who prayed the rosary daily.

Link to the Rosary

Santa Teresa de Calcutta was a well-known devout of the rosary, who prayed every day and strongly recommended her religious and collaborators. His birth in Skopje makes that rosarian devotion a spiritual bond between the saint and her native land.