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Tomorrow is a Baha'i Holy Day and usually Baha'is meet on this day to recall the meaning and significance of this day. I will post a prayer here: O my Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy mighty Covenant, to remain faithful to Thy manifest Cause, and to carry out...

From October 18th until sunset today on October 19th Baha'is are observing "Twin Holy Days" which commemorate the Birth of the Bab (1819) and the Birth of Baha'u'llah (1817). "The notion of "twin Manifestations of God" is a concept fundamental to Baháʼí belief, describing the relationship...

Later this week Baha'is will be observing a Holy Day ... The Declaration of the Bab ("the Gate") on May 22nd-23rd. Work and School are suspended. The Holy Day commemorates the declaration of Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi on May 22, 1844 C.E.... the Muslim year was 1260 AH, that He was the...

I've been interested in how our calendars of the various Faiths work and for Baha'is in the next month or so we have several important dates and so thought I would share them here on this forum... Baha'is do have a unique calendar which is solar. Our day begins at sunset and our year begins on...

Next Wednesday July 10th will mark The Martyrdom of the Bab a Baha'i Holy Day on which work and school will be suspended. The martyrdom of Siyyid ali Muhammad the Bab ("Gate") occurred around noontime in July, 1850 in Tabriz, Iran. From sunset July 9th to sunset July 10th Baha'is suspend...

The year 1844 in the Gregorian calendar was a year of expectancy in North America in a movement known as the Millerite movement when the Return of Christ was expected. Similarly in the Middle East was a time of expectancy when the appearance/return of the Twelfth Imam as well as the Qa'im and...

The first, ninth and twelfth days of Ridvan are Holy Days for Baha'is. Ridvan means "Paradise" and refers to the Garden in Baghdad where Baha'u'llah and His followers prepared for a journey from Baghdad to Istanbul on the orders of the Ottoman Sultan in 1863. Baha'u'llah ("Glory of God") had...

The Baha'i New Year .. Naw-Ruz.. will be observed this year on Thursday March 21st of the Gregorian Calendar. Baha'is observe Naw-Ruz with feasting and fellowship. Naw-Ruz meaning "New Day" in Persian is the Vernal Equinox when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are equal: 1...

A few weeks from now Baha'is gather for "Ayyam-i-Ha" (the Days of Ha) also known as "Intercalary Days". The Baha'i calendar is a solar calendar and on "leap years" five days are commemorated while most years are four days. Bahais gather for feasting and happiness. "The nineteen months of the...

The Day of the Covenant is a Baha'i Holy Day beginning Sunday evening November 25th. Baha'is gather for prayers and study of the Covenant. Covenants are a fairly common feature in past dispensations and are found in the Bible and the Qur'an. In the Baha'i Writings we read: "His Holiness...

Baha'is will be observing four Holy Days in November this year. The Birth of the Bab will start after sunset on Thursday evening November 8th while the Birth of Baha'u'llah will start Friday evening on November 9th. A good summary of why these days are "Twin Holy Days" follows: The Festivals...

This weekend there are a hundred and fifty "Unit Conventions" held across the United States. It is an opportunity for thousands of Baha'is to gather together and consult and have fellowship: https://www.bahai.us/community/news...ntion-in-october-exercising-a-high-privilege/ Unit Conventions...

Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab was executed at noon by firing squads in July 1850 in the barracks square of Tabriz, Iran "Sam Khan ordered his men to drive a nail into the pillar that lay between the door of the room that Siyyid Husayn occupied and the entrance to the adjoining one, and...

Next week Baha'is around the world will be observing a Holy Day starting with sunset Wednesday May 23rd and during the next day May 24th. The Baha'i calendar also called the "Badi Calendar" began in 1844. The Holy Day commemorates the Declaration of Siyyid Ali Muhammad of Shiraz Who was known...

The Ridvan (Riz-wan) season begins after sunset on April 20th this year. It's the Twelve Day Anniversary of the Declaration of Baha'u'llah in an island garden of the Tigris River in Baghdad in 1863. Baha'u'llah was in exile from Persia and He was in Baghdad. He was deemed too close by Persian...

In a few days (March 21st) Baha'is will be observing "Naw-Ruz" On Wikipedia: Nowruz (Persian: نوروز‎ Nowruz, [nouˈɾuːz]; literally "new day") is the name of the Iranian New Year,[30][31 Naw-Ruz is the Vernal Equinox. The Baha'i calendar has nineteen months with nineteen days in each month...

Sadly there are continuing reports of religious persecutions in our world.. From Egypt to Myanmar freedom of belief and the right to practice religion is being denied and attacked. Yesterday a new website was launched documenting the persecution of Baha'is: GENEVA—18 January 2018—In response...

There will be two Baha'i Holy Days later this month. The first Holy Day is called "The Day of the Covenant" and will be observed from the evening of Friday November 24th to sunset the next day the 25th. The Day of the Covenant for Baha'is focuses on the importance of the Covenant in the...

In about three weeks on October 22nd Baha'is around the world will be observing the bicentenary of the birth of Baha'u'llah Who was born in 1817. An international web site has been established to share information about His life and teachings at The Life of Bahá’u’lláh | Bicentenary of the...

"When love is realized and the ideal spiritual bonds unite the hearts of men, the whole human race will be uplifted, the world will continually grow more spiritual and radiant and the happiness and tranquillity of mankind be immeasurably increased. Warfare and strife will be uprooted...