Bahá’ís around the world are celebrating this festival, which takes place annually from April 21 to May 2. It commemorates ...

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 ...

Commemoration of the First Day of Riḍván On April 21, 2026, Bahá’í communities worldwide celebrated the First Day of Riḍván, which aligns with the 13th of Jalál in the Bahá’í calendar (183 B.E.).

The Bahá’ís of Rancho Palos Verdes hosted a children’s festival at Hesse Park’s McTaggart Hall on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 3. The free festival featured carnival games, balloon creations, face painting ...

The Baha’i Festival of Ridvan (pronounced Rez-vahn) is the holiest season of the Baha’i year. Beginning at sunset on April 20 ...

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 ...

On May 21, 1844, the Bahá’í faith was born into this world. For the next 48 years, the twin founders of the faith, the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh were wrapped in heroic and messianic events that took them ...

The Bermudian Bahá’í community is observing the Festival of Ridván from 21 April to the 2 May. These twelve days commemorate the period that Bahá’u’lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá’í Faith spent in ...

FARGO - Marian Kadrie still recalls her reaction to learning her future husband was Baha'i: "Oh no, not another religion." The daughter of Muslim Syrian immigrants who came to central North Dakota in ...

The Bahá’í community of the Virgin Islands gathered April 24–26 for its 58th Annual National Convention, a central event in ...

“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 ...