The history and significance of the Bahá'í festival of Ridván. The Ridván Festival is celebrated from sunset 21 April to sunset 2 May. The festival marks Bahá'u'lláh's time in the garden of Ridván in ...
Seven Iranian Baha'i Leaders face their fifth anniversary in prison in May this year. Sadly, these seven are perhaps fortunate they have not been executed like previously imprisoned Iranian Baha'i ...
“In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO -- Brattleboro area Baha’is will gather on Monday, April 21, at 9:30 a.m. at the Baha’i Center, 148 Elliot St. to celebrate the First Day ...
2023 is the 25th anniversary of Facets of Faith. This week’s column is a look back at one that ran April 21, 2001. It is about the festival of Ridvan, considered the "most great festival" in Baha'i, a ...
From April 21 through today, the Frederick Baha’i Community has been celebrating the Festival of Ridvan (“paradise”), the holiest period of the Baha’i calendar, commemorating the Baha’i Founder’s 1863 ...
ISLAMABAD: As a show of interfaith harmony and tolerance, the government sent state minister for religious affairs and interfaith harmony to attend the celebration of Eid-e-Ridvan by followers of the ...
At the Portland Bahá'í Center, adapted from the old St. Johns post office, a roomful of people gathered April 20, to celebrate the first day of Ridvan, the holiest and most significant festival in the ...
Although the Festival of Ridvan began Monday at sunset, an electronic invitation was recently received providing a way for everyone to share this special occasion. In years past, as part of its annual ...
This guest column was written by Sara Hatch of Bloomington, the Baha’i information officer for the Baha’i community of Bloomington. The Baha’i Faith community of Bloomington has just celebrated the 12 ...
150 years ago in a garden in Baghdad, Iraq, a "Mission to the world" was declared. Today, on April 21st 1863, Mirza Husayn-Ali Nuri, an exile born to a prominent Persian Muslim family in Tehran, ...