From April 21 to May 2, Baha’is around the world celebrate the Festival of Ridvan (paradise in Arabic), commemorating the 12 days Baha’u’llah spent in the Garden of Ridvan, in which he declared to his ...

On May 21, 1844, the Bahá’í faith was born into this world. For the next 48 years, the twin founders of the faith, the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh were wrapped in heroic and messianic events that took them ...

2023 is the 25th anniversary of Facets of Faith. This week’s column is a look back at one that ran April 21, 2001. It is about the festival of Ridvan, considered the "most great festival" in Baha'i, a ...

At the Portland Bahá'í Center, adapted from the old St. Johns post office, a roomful of people gathered April 20, to celebrate the first day of Ridvan, the holiest and most significant festival in the ...

The Bermudian Bahá’í community is observing the Festival of Ridván from 21 April to the 2 May. These twelve days commemorate the period that Bahá’u’lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá’í Faith spent in ...

The Bahá’ís of Rancho Palos Verdes hosted a children’s festival at Hesse Park’s McTaggart Hall on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 3. The free festival featured carnival games, balloon creations, face painting ...

FARGO - Marian Kadrie still recalls her reaction to learning her future husband was Baha'i: "Oh no, not another religion." The daughter of Muslim Syrian immigrants who came to central North Dakota in ...

This month, as part of our ongoing series of faith features, we look at the Bahá'í Faith. Here is a simple, but hopefully interesting, overview of their origin and beliefs. Less well known than most ...