18-K RACE HONORS MOTHER TERESA
SKOPJE, MACEDONIA — Sri Chinmoy’s students organized an 18-kilometer race through the center of Skopje Oct. 16 to commemorate the 18 years Mother Teresa lived there. Several hundred runners from many countries participated.
The race began and finished in Macedonia Square, where Mother Teresa’s house used to be.
At the start of the race, the President of the Macedonian Olympic Committee, Vasil Tupurkovski, presented the spiritual leader with “The Spirit of the Ancient Olympic Games Award.”
Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 34, August–Mid-November 2003