THE GUARDIAN: The life and work of Shoghi Effendi



The Guardian Part 21: The passing of the Guardian (4 November 1957)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 21 covers the passing of our beloved Guardian, from a few weeks before his passing to his funeral, five days after his passing. ✻ ✻ ✻ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ 00:00:00 – Welcome 00:01:29 – Intro 00:05:10 – Section 1: Shoghi […]

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The Guardian Part 20: The International Bahá’í Archives (1956-1957)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 20 covers the construction and completion of the Bahá’í International Archives Building, the very first building on the Arc we know and love, now home to the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, the Seat of the International Teaching Center and the Center […]

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The Guardian Part 19: The Temple Land on Mount Carmel (1954-1955)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 19 covers in great detail the purchase of the Temple Land on Mount Carmel, but also tells the story of the Guaridan’s inauguration of the Auxiliary Boards, the pilgrimages of Bill Sears and Ugo Giachery, and the tragic story of the Seven Martyrs of […]

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The Guardian Part 18: The Ten Year Crusade (1953-1957)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 18 covers various aspects of the Ten Year Crusade, its history and prophetic ancestry, its launch, the Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, an explanation of the term “Knights”, stories of five Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, and elderly Knights and pioneers. ✻ ✻ ✻ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO […]

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The Guardian Part 16 ADDENDUM: The gardens of Shoghi Effendi

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ By popular demand, we are providing you with the last two sections in Part XVI: The Queen of Carmel (1943-1953), which Violetta had not originally covered in the first video.  These sections are section 13: The Gardens of the Shrine of the Báb and section 14: Shoghi Effendi’s love […]

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The Guardian Part 17: The Intercontinental Teaching Conferences

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 17 covers a single year in the life of the Guardian, but a momentous one. It is 1953, one hundred years since Bahá’u’lláh first stepped foot in Iraq, the land of His first banishment, and it is the year that would see the biggest, […]

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The Guardian Part 16: The Queen of Carmel (1943-1953)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 16: The Queen of Carmel (1943-1953) is the thrilling, extraordinary story of the building of the superstructure to the Shrine of the Báb and the accomplishment of the Guardian’s perfect vision. ✻ ✻ ✻ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ 00:00:00 – Welcome […]

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The Guardian Part 15: The Institution of the Hands of the Cause (1951-1952)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 15 centers on three main events: the appointment of the first and second contingent of living Hands of the Cause, the enlargement of the International Bahá’í Council, and the development of the gardens at Bahji. There are many incredibly touching pilgrimage moments in this […]

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The Guardian Part 14: The International Bahá’í Council (1946-1951)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 14 is such an exciting time in the Guardian’s life! The Second Seven Year Plan, the Africa Campaign, accredited status of the Bahá’í Faith at the United Nations the International Bahá’í Council, the renovation of the Prison Cell of Bahá’u’lláh in the Most Great […]

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The Guardian Part 13: God Passes By (1942-1945)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ Part 13 is the story of the research, writing, and publication of Shoghi Effendi’s masterpiece, God Passes By. It also follows the writing and studies the content of the Persian equivalent, The Tablet of the Centennial. In this part, we see the end of the […]

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