Ms. Violetta Zein

The dynamics of crisis and victory in two episodes in the life of Bahá’u’lláh

This talk follows the second talk on how Bahá’u’lláh re-created the Bábi community of Baghdad: it develops the period of crisis that we alluded to but did not delve into, and it also continues Baha’u’lláh’s exile from Baghdad through Constantinople (Istanbul) and to Adrianople (Edirne). In this talk three important quotes by Shoghi Effendi on […] Read More

How Bahá’u’lláh re-created the Bábí community of Baghdád

In this talk, Violetta Zein will be discussing the massively important place ‘Iráq occupies in the Bábí and Bahá’í Faith and will be concentrating on the seven years between Bahá’u’lláh’s return from his self-imposed retirement in Kurdistán and the Declaration of His Mission in the Garden of Riḍván on the eve of His departure towards […] Read More

Remarkable stories from Baha’i history

This Sunday is a classic storytelling session with many remarkable stories from Bábí and Bahá’í history, spanning the ministries of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi and including several stories about Hands of the Cause, meant to delight, astonish, inspire, and move. Read More