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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.