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Bahá’í Community reaches out on Naw-Ruz

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Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá'ís reside around the world. Reprinted with permission of the Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá'ís reside around the world. Reprinted with permission of the Bahá'í International Community.

West Berkshire’s Bahá’í Community is reaching out to the wider community as it plans its celebrations for Naw-Ruz, the Bahá’í New Year’s Day. The festival is held on the spring equinox (March 21) and it marks the end of the Bahá’í Faith’s annual 19-day fast for adults.

Observing Naw-Ruz takes different multi-cultural forms in the 120,000 localities where Bahá’ís reside around the world. Reprinted with permission of the Bahá’í International Community.

The celebrations – to be held in Coley, Reading from 3pm on Sunday March 21 – will include readings of prayers from the Bahá’í scriptures, as well as music, dance and an afternoon of great food.

Bahá’í follower Shawn Khorassani said: “The fast – between sunrise and sunset – is essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual recuperation.

“We are opening our celebration of Naw-Ruz in Reading, Berkshire to people who want to learn more about the Bahá’í Faith. The Bahá’í community constantly works to break down barriers that separate people and strive for better inter-faith relations.”

The Naw-Ruz is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended.

For more details about the Naw-Ruz celebration in Reading, please call the West Berkshire’s Bahá’í Community on 07964 676461 and leave a message.

Special celebration for Birth of Baha’u’llah

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Members of the Thames Valley Bahá’ís joined Bahá’ís around the globe to celebrate the anniversary of the Birth of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith.

Thames Valley Bahá’ís attended a special celebration of prayers at a small gathering at the Resting Place of Shoghi Effendi in New Southgate Cemetery, London – he was the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith from 1921 to 1957 until he died.

12 November marks the date in 1817 when Baha’u’llah was born into a noble family in Tehran, the capital of Iran (then called Persia). He is known within the Bahá’í faith as a Manifestation of God (along with Moses, Abraham, Christ, Muhammad, Krishna and Buddha).

A new website featuring photographs to help viewers experience the life of Baha’u’llah was launched by the Baha’i International Community to mark the anniversary. Some photographs have not been published before, and many have only had limited distribution. The address of the site is http://www.bahaullah.org.

Thames Valley Community member, Shawn Khorassani, said: “The Birth of Baha’u’llah is a key date for Bahá’ís. Baha’u’llah means ‘Glory of God’. He is the founder of the Baha’i Faith.

“Anybody interested in learning more should look at the website – it’s appropriate for a range of audiences, not only Baha’is and those who have a deep interest in the Baha’i Faith, but also people who, from an academic or historical perspective, want to see what kind of photographic documentation exists for such a unique figure as Baha’u’llah.”