December 2018
Feast of Honour
This is the first day of the sixteenth month in the Bahá'í year, called Sharaf (meaning 'honour'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first day…
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Feast of Sovereignty
This is the first day of the seventeenth month in the Bahá'í year, called Sultan (meaning 'sovereignty'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first day of…
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Feast of Dominion
This is the first day of the eighteenth month in the Bahá'í year, called Mulk (meaning 'dominion'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first day of…
Find out more »Intercalary Days (Ayyam-i-Ha)
The Ayyam-i-Ha (or Intercalary Days) are a period of time when Bahá'ís focus more than usually on hospitality, charity, giving gifts and preparing for the month of fasting. The Ayyam-i-Ha are of four or five days' duration. They are the days that fall outside the…
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Feast of Loftiness
This is the first day of the nineteenth and last month in the Bahá'í year, called 'Ala (meaning 'loftiness'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first…
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This is the first day of the first month in the Bahá'í year, called Bahá (meaning 'splendour' or 'glory'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first day…
Find out more »Festival of Naw-Ruz (New Year)
Naw Rúz is the ancient Persian festival marking the beginning of spring (the spring equinox) and the start of a new year. For Bahá'ís it is also the day that marks the end of the month of fasting. Naw-Rúz is…
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Feast of Glory
This is the first day of the second month in the Bahá'í year, called Jalal (meaning 'glory'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first day of every…
Find out more »Festival of Ridvan
The Festival of Ridván (meaning Paradise), April 20–May 1, marks the anniversary of the start of the Bahá’í Faith in 1863. In a garden outside of Baghdad in present-day Iraq, Bahá’u’lláh, the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, announced that he…
Find out more »Feast of Beauty
This is the first day of the third month in the Bahá'í year, called Bahá (meaning 'splendour' or 'glory'). Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February. On the first day…
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