Joint Service – Belfast 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 of the Bahá’í teachings and as Head of the Faith after Bahá’u'lláh’s passing. `Abdu’l-Bahá was seen a perfect example of the Bahá’í way of life.

While `Abdu’l-Bahá was still a prisoner of the Ottomans, the first Bahá’í pilgrims from the western world arrived in Acre in 1898. After His release in 1908, `Abdu’l-Bahá set out on a series of journeys which, in 1911-1913, took Him to Europe and America. There He proclaimed Bahá’u'lláh’s message of unity and social justice to church congregations, peace societies, the members of trade unions, university faculties, journalists, government officials, and many public audiences.

Unitarians hosted ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on his visits to the USA, England, and Scotland, and it is particularly fitting that All Souls’ Church in Belfast is hosting a Bahá’í service on the centenary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visits to the British Isles.