September 5 has been announced by the UN as the International Day of Charity. The day when Mother Teresa left this life is chosen as the International Day of Charity. This is an extraordinary assessment for this great Albanian, who became a worldwide icon of the boundless power of love and human dedication more than anyone else in the century she lived.

Every September 5th, the rise of the Frasher church, one of the most important religious cults in the Permet district, is commemorated. It was founded by Nasif Tahir Babai in 1855.

On September 5, 1878, 4,500 Gjakova mountaineers attacked the tower of Abdullah Pashe Dreni, where Mehmet Ali Pashe Maxhari was trapped with his forces, who demanded from the Albanian League of Prizren, the handover of Plave and Gucia to Montenegro.

On September 5, 1915, Dede Gjo Luli was treacherously killed in Orosh in Mirdita by Serbian soldiers. He was born in Traboine in Hoti in 1840. Involved in patriotic movements at a young age, he became the leader of the uprising of the Highlands by raising the Albanian flag in Bratile in Hoti.

After the proclamation of the Monarchy on September 5, 1928, the First Royal Cabinet was formed. Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior was Kostaq Kota, Minister of Foreign Affairs Xhaferr Ypi, Minister of Justice Hiqmet Delvina, Minister of World Affairs Sali Vuciterni, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Musa Juka and Commander of National Defense Xhemal Aranitasi.

Milo Duçi, the playwright, died on September 5, 1933. He was born in 1870. He is known as an active patriot among the exiled Albanians in Egypt.

With an order dated September 5, 1946, the Ministry of Economy nationalized all Food Factories in our country. This process is known as the beginning of the policy of destruction of private property in Albania.

On September 5, 1957, Zogu declared Leka the heir to the Royal Crown.

On September 5, 1997, the first Albanian Nobel laureate, Mother Teresa, the Symbol of Humanism and kindness, passed away. Mother Teresa was brought to her last residence with extraordinary honors from representatives and high personalities from all over the world. Less than 2 years after her death, due to the spread of the fame of her holiness, Pope John Paul II allowed the issue of Canonization to be opened and on December 20, 2002, he approved the Decree on the Virtues and miracles done through her. Declared a Saint, since September 2016, every September 5th is celebrated around the world as the Day of the Albanian Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

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