Yesterday, on June 10, 2020, the Bektashi World Headquarters, under the special care of the Bektashi World Leader, His Grace Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj together with the Council of the Tekke of Father Isufi Bllaca, made a pilgrimage to the tekke of Father Isuf.
This pilgrimage has already become a tradition of celebration on June 10 in Blace and in the official Calendar of the Bektashi World Headquarters is known as the day of the “Tekke of Father Isuf Blace”.
Let’s enjoy the day of June 10 together!
Bismillahi Rrahmani Rrahim!
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful!
Dear brothers and sisters, believers and inseparable friends of the Blaca tekke!
Dear our brother, the wise and noble cleric father Halil Curri!
The 10th of June is a special joy for all Bektashi believers, as it is associated with the symbolic tekke, of Bektashism, of wisdom for all areas of Dibra, Bulqiza, Kruja and up to martyred Kosovo. As everywhere in the history of Bektashism, the tekke of Bllaca has conveyed the love for God Almighty and the Ahl al-Bayt, without separating for any moment the divine blessings from the sad fate of the Albanians.
From its beginnings, from those years when the tekke took root in the philosophical thought of Haxhi Bektash Veliu and the Albanian reality of the time, it faced countless difficulties that it overcame, from the emblematic resistance of its fathers and dervishe.
Because we, the clergy, have found in you believers not only physical or economic support, but first of all the sincere willingness, the patriotic and cooperative spirit, to walk side by side in our journey, towards devotion to the Creator.
It was no coincidence that at the last century, following the example of tekke, of Bllaca, thanks to the dedication of the clergy, opened the first Albanian school in this area, turning its only room into class for learning our mother tongue.
Honor and boundless respect for our clerics, who not only opened the doors of the tekkes for the boys of Dibra, Bulqiza and all of Albania, but shared with them, together with the knowledge and the bite of bread, learning, among other things, that the house of Haxhi Bektash Veliu, formerly open to all!
Sisters and brothers!
It is not the time today to talk too long on the history of this tekke. But we can not fail to mention the fact that even when our places of worship were overthrown by the backward regime we passed, Bektashi clerics and believers kept their faith in God intact. They even sacrificed themselves and their families, as evidenced by the unique case of father Ismail Jangulli, who, although imprisoned and so cruelly injured by his family, was not defeated under any circumstances.
The revival of this tekke in the 90s of the century that we left behind, is undoubtedly the will of God, intertwined with your love and enthusiasm, with the foresight of Dede Reshat Bardhi and the epic work of father Ismail Jangulli.
Let us keep Their spirit alive!
Let us fill the famous tekke of Bllaca with our love, with our spirit, with our physical presence !
God bless you all!
Amin!
THE WORLD GRANDFATHER OF THE BEKTASHIS
HIS GRACE
HAXHI DEDE EDMOND BRAHIMAJ
