Mother Teresa in Albania
- Mother Teresa Day (Dita e Nënë Terezës) on October 19 is a public holiday in Albania.
- The airport of Tirana, the capital of Albania, is the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, named after Mother Teresa in 2002.
- The second largest square in Tirana, the largest being Skanderbeg Square, is named after Mother Teresa. A monument of Mother Teresa is also found there.
- The biggest civil hospital in Tirana is named after her.
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“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.”
—Mother Teresa (b. 1910)
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