Calling budding photographers . . . .

It’s time for all budding (or experienced) photographers to look at the world through their camera’s lens and send the results in to be published on the Thames Valley Baha’i Community website!

Thames Valley Baha’i Shawn Khorassani said: “Every time we post a photograph from within the Community, we experience a surge of interest and as a result more people are introduced to the Baha’i Faith and become interested in our activities.

“Photographs are a great way of keeping a website active and constantly changing, so we are asking all Baha’is to get their shutters (or indeed their digital cameras clicking) and send us in the results.”

The photographs should be taken of or at a Baha’i event and of or by someone within the Thames Valley Baha’i Community – please include basic details. You should have the permission of any person in your picture for it to be published. All contributions should be sent as attachments to susan@1bahai.org

Happy snapping!

194 years since Bahá’u’lláh was born

Saturday, 12 November was special – when Bahá’ís around the world observed the anniversary of the birth of  Bahá’u’lláh, which means the ‘Glory of God’.

Bahá’u’lláh is the founder of the Bahá’í Faith. He lived from 1817 to 1892 and is considered by Bahá’ís to be the most recent divine Messenger, or Manifestation of God, in a line of great religious figures that includes Abraham, Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Moses, Muhammad, Zoroaster, the Báb, and others.

Born in Tehran in present-day Iran, Bahá’u’lláh passed away near Acre in what is now Israel. His writings, the equivalent of about a hundred volumes, form the basis of the Bahá’í teachings. 12 November is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended.