Holy Days
Stories for each of the Bahá'í Holy Days, prepared and ready.
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Commemorates the day Bahá'u'lláh's family joined Him in the Garden of Riḍván.
Naw-Rúz
~Mar 21
The Bahá'í New Year, falling on the spring equinox. A celebration of renewal and new beginnings.
First Day of Riḍván
~Apr 21
The first of the twelve days commemorating Bahá'u'lláh's declaration in the Garden of Riḍván outside Baghdád in 1863.
Ninth Day of Riḍván
~Apr 29
Commemorates the day Bahá'u'lláh's family joined Him in the Garden of Riḍván.
Twelfth Day of Riḍván
~May 2
The conclusion of the twelve-day Riḍván festival, when Bahá'u'lláh departed the Garden for Constantinople.
Declaration of the Báb
~May 23
Commemorates the night in 1844 when the Báb declared His mission to Mullá Ḥusayn in Shíráz.
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
~May 29
Marks the passing of Bahá'u'lláh in 1892 at Bahjí, near 'Akká.
Martyrdom of the Báb
~Jul 9
Commemorates the public execution of the Báb in Tabríz in 1850.
Birth of the Báb
~Oct 20
Celebrates the birth of Siyyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, in Shíráz in 1819.
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
~Oct 21
Celebrates the birth of Mírzá Ḥusayn-'Alí, Bahá'u'lláh, in Tihrán in 1817.
Day of the Covenant
~Nov 26
Honors 'Abdu'l-Bahá as the Centre of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant. (Work not suspended.)
Work not suspended.
Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
~Nov 28
Marks the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa in 1921. (Work not suspended.)
Work not suspended.