Children’s class kit
ascension — Teens (13–17)
Auto-assembled from the Bahai Story Library
Stories
- Ten Thousand Mourners on Mount Carmel: The Funeral of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
On November 28, 1921, 'Abdu'l-Bahá ascended at His home in Haifa. The next day, before a procession of ten thousand mourners — Muslims, Christians, Jews, Druze — He was carried up the slopes of Mount Carmel to the Shrine of the Báb, where nine speakers from three faiths delivered His funeral orations.
— Lady Blomfield, The Chosen Highway
- The Year of Stress: Nabíl's Grief at the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
From 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Memorials of the Faithful: when Bahá'u'lláh ascended in 1892 at Bahjí, His chronicler Nabíl-i-Zarandí was inconsolable. He calculated the numerical value of the word "shidád" — "year of stress" — at 309, and found that Bahá'u'lláh had foretold the date in His own writings.
— 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Memorials of the Faithful
Discussion questions
Quote to memorize
“Sorrowing for His death, but rejoicing also for His life.”
From Ten Thousand Mourners on Mount Carmel: The Funeral of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Coloring page
Interlocking Nine-Stars
A repeating field of nine-pointed stars connected at their points — a symbol of the unity that the Bahá'í teachings call humanity to.