Executive Producer of the film, “The Gate.”
You’re invited to an evening with Steve Sarowitz, a noted speaker on the Baha’i Faith from the Chicago area. Join us for a fireside at the Clearwater Baha’i Center on Tuesday, January 17th at 7:00 p.m. The fireside is a general introductory one, arrangements will be made for it to be partially held in Spanish […]
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Exploring the Impact of Baha’u’llah’s Station on Science, Religion, and Mysticism
The station of Baha’u’llah and its vast implications on wide fields as science, world religions, and mysticism. The station of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith, is a concept central to the belief system of the Baha’i community. It refers to the spiritual and mystical position that Baha’u’llah holds as the latest in a […]
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The “Marathon of the Spirit”: the Life and Fate of Mírzá ‘Alí Sayyáh, the Courier of the Báb
Being one of the earliest Bábis and an example of faithfulness, we will follow the life of Mírzá ‘Alí Sayyáh (“the traveller”) as courier of the Báb, his later acceptance of the Message of Bahá’u’lláh, his exile with Him to Istanbul and Edirne where he was recipient of Tablets, and finally his exile to Ottoman […]
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A Roadmap for a Moral Society – Equity and Justice
Justice is the principle of fairness, in which individuals are treated equally and impartially. Equity refers to fairness and impartiality, especially in the distribution of resources or the assignment of duties. In Roman mythology, justice is often depicted as a woman holding scales, symbolizing the weighing of evidence in a legal case. Emanuel Kant, a […]
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Inter-religious Chaplaincy
Leaders with interreligious chaplaincy training can offer spiritual support to a range of clienteles. People learn the basics of interreligious chaplaincy from this type of curriculum. There is an urgent need for spiritual care in hospitals, universities, prisons, the military, immigration, family and social services, disaster relief, airports, and businesses. These courses give learners the […]
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Who was Dr. Josephine Fallscheer-Zürcher, what did she do for the Bahá’í Faith?
– About the Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to Germany and Austria – Some new findings on Prof. Forel and the Bahá’í Faith
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12th Day of Ridván
Festival[edit] In the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, written during 1873, Baháʼu’lláh ordains Ridván as one of two “Most Great Festivals”, along with the Declaration of the Báb. He then specified the first, ninth, and twelfth days to be holy days; these days mark the days of Baháʼu’lláh’s arrival, the arrival of his family and their departure from the Ridván garden, […]
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9th Day of Ridván
Context[edit] In 1844 Siyyid ʻAlí-Muhammad of Shiraz proclaimed that he was the “Báb” (Arabic: “Gate”), after a Shiʻa religious concept. His followers were therefore known as Bábís. The Báb’s writings introduced the concept of “He whom God shall make manifest“, a Messianic figure whose coming, according to Baháʼís, was announced in the scriptures of all of the world’s great religions.[5][6] Baháʼu’lláh claimed […]
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