2021-06-02 Wed

Mother Teresa was born on 26th August 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, to parents of Albanian heritage. She spent most of her life in India and founded the congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 in Calcutta to serve the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa earned the honors of being named St. Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) on 4th September, at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

On 2nd September, the Vatican City issued a stamp to celebrate canonization. The 0.95 Vatican City stamp features two images of Mother Teresa with a church in the background. Some experts believe that the church is St. Paul’s, the Anglican cathedral in Calcutta, not the city’s Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary.

Mother Teresa’s attire - the white sari with three blue stripes is believed to denote a certain meaning. White color represents truth and purity, and the three blue stripes denote poverty, obedience, and chastity, and service to the poorest of the poor.

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