2023-09-05 03:02:47
This Tuesday, September 5, is celebrated in many countries, with the exception of Argentina, World Brother’s Day. This anniversary not only refers to brothers by consanguineous affinity, but also those fraternal relationships that demonstrate solidarity, union, affection and unconditionality. I know the reason for the celebration.
Why is World Brother’s Day celebrated today, September 5?
The choice of September 5 as World Brother’s Day is due to the date of death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who dedicated her life to carrying out various social works throughout the planet and died in 1997 in India, at the age of 87. .
This woman of Albanian origin and later naturalized Indian, was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity congregation in Calcutta, in 1950. Together with her religious sisters, she brought peace and calm to many needy and abandoned people in the world.
This date also refers to spiritual brotherhood, religious brothers with whom the same belief or faith is shared.
When and why is Brother’s Day celebrated in Argentina?
In Argentina, it emerged as a day linked to the solidarity field, which recalls the ties of brotherhood, it is an ideal date to acquire a present and give it to loved ones. However, there is no very clear historical reason why he is commemorated on March 4 and not on September 5 as in the rest of the world.
World Brother’s Day: who was Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born on August 26, 1910 in Uskup (Ottoman Empire), present-day Skopje (Macedonia). She died on September 5, 1997 in Calcutta (India). She was the leader and founder of the Missionaries of Charity and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2016, she was declared a Saint by Pope Francis.
The Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, which she represented and led for many years, achieved a record of having 500 places in more than a hundred nations that adopted and assumed her cause, although it is a fantastic legacy formally and materially, for the help and assistance she provides, the great contribution that this enormous woman made to the entire world was the example of life that she gave us all.
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