April 2020
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…
Find out more »Ninth day of Ridvan
This is the ninth day of the Festival of Ridván (meaning Paradise), April 20–May 1, and is one of the nine Holy Days on which Bahá'ís do not attend work or school.
Find out more »May 2020
Twelfth day of Ridvan
This is the twelfth and final day of the Festival of Ridván (meaning Paradise), April 20–May 1, and is one of the nine Holy Days on which Bahá'ís do not attend work or school.
Find out more »Feast of Grandeur
This is the first day of the fourth month in the Bahá'í year, called 'Azamat (meaning 'grandeur'). 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 »June 2020
Feast of Light
This is the first day of the fifth month in the Bahá'í year, called Núr (meaning 'light'). 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 »Feast of Mercy
This is the first day of the sixth month in the Bahá'í year, called Rahmat (meaning 'mercy'). 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 »July 2020
Martyrdom of the Báb
The Báb was the forerunner of Bahá’u’lláh, prophet founder of the Bahá’í Faith. He was born in Shiraz in 1819. He and his followers were persecuted for their beliefs and teachings, and the Báb was put to death by firing…
Find out more »Feast of Words
This is the first day of the seventh month in the Bahá'í year, called Kalimat (meaning 'words'). 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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