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Joint Service with All Souls’ Church
Belfast Bahá’í community will be holding a joint unity service with All Souls Church on Sunday 25th March from 11.30 – 12.30. The one hour unity service will be a combination of prayers and readings on the theme of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, meaning the “servant of Baha” was appointed by Bahá’u’lláh as the one authorized interpreter [...]
Happy New Year
For Baha’is, the New Year comes at a perfect time — 21 March — the vernal equinox, which marks the first day of spring and the end of the Baha’i Faith’s annual Nineteen Day Fast. Called Naw Ruz – “new day” in Persian, the Baha’i New Year has its roots in Persia, where the Baha’i [...]
Baha’i Fasting Period
From 2-20 March, Baha’is worldwide observe the annual fasting period by refraining from eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset. As in many world religions, the Fast is a time for reflecting on one’s spiritual progress and making an effort to detach from material desires. During the Fast, Baha’is age 15 and older typically rise [...]
Baha’i representatives meet with the Lord Mayor of Belfast
On Friday 3rd September 2010, representatives of the local Baha’i community met the Rt Honourable Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Pat Convery at the City Hall to welcome him into office on behalf of the Belfast community and make him aware about the Baha’i community in Belfast. The Lord Mayor said he had come across [...]
Baha’is observe two significant Holy Days
Bahá’ís will commemorate the Day of the Covenant on 26 November, and the Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha on 28 November.
Celebrating the birth of Baha’u'llah
On 12 November, Baha’is around the globe will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith.
Celebrating the birth of the Bab
The Bab (1819-1850) was the Prophet-Herald of the Baha’i Faith, whose mission was to proclaim the imminent arrival of “Him Whom God shall make manifest,” namely Baha’u’llah (1817-1892), the Founder of the Baha’i Faith. (The title Bab means “the Gate” in Arabic.)
