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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“Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.”
—Bible: Hebrew Jacob, in Genesis, 27:11.
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