Mother Teresa’s Roots

Mother Teresa’s real name was Agnesa Boyajian. Her father had moved to Albania from Western Asia Minor. She was born in Macedonia. Her name on her passport was Boyajiu/Bojaxhui, the Albanian version of her Armenian name. She informed His Holiness Catholicos Vazken of her Armenian roots when she went to Armenia following the earthquake of 1988.

Mother Teresa’s real name was Agnesa Boyajian. Her father had moved to Albania from Western Asia Minor. She was born in Macedonia. Her name on her passport was Boyajiu/Bojaxhui, the Albanian version of her Armenian name. She informed His Holiness Catholicos Vazken of her Armenian roots when she went to Armenia following the earthquake of 1988.