For many Baháʼí children, the upcoming celebration of Ayyám-i-Há is eagerly awaited: it's a time for the giving of gifts. Baháʼí s around the world celebrate Ayyám-i-Há with festivities, gifts, parties, service projects, and charitable humanitarian work. It is a time, wrote Bahá’u’lláh, when Baháʼí s should “provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy.” Baháʼís set aside these days for joyous celebration, for service to others, and f

This year World Religion Day falls on Sunday 18 January though schools will often be marking it in the weeks before or after. Founded by the US Baháʼí community in 1950, World Religion Day was intended to highlight how the spiritual principles underlying the world's religions are harmonious, and how religion can play a significant role in unifying humanity. It was set to be observed on the third Sunday of January, but its widespread adoption for interfaith events and activit