http://www.arlingtonbahai.org/2009/03/19/happy-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-new-year Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.arlingtonbahai.org/2009/03/19/happy-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Centenary of the Interment of the Sacred Remains of the Báb | The Baha'i Community of Arlington, Virginia Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:43:12 +0000 http://www.arlingtonbahai.org/?p=744#comment-219 [...] Naw-Rúz, 166 B.E. - observed March 21, 2009 by members of the Baha’i Faith - marked the 100th anniversary in the of the interment of the sacred remains of the Báb in the shrine on Mt. Carmel - an occasion that Shoghi Effendi describes in the following passage from God Passes By, p. 276: On the 28th of the month of Safar 1327 A.H., the day of the first Naw-Ruz (1909), which He celebrated after His release from His confinement, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had the marble sarcophagus transported with great labor to the vault prepared for it, and in the evening, by the light of a single lamp, He laid within it, with His own hands-in the presence of believers from the East and from the West and in circumstances at once solemn and moving-the wooden casket containing the sacred remains of the Báb and His companion. [...] [...] Naw-Rúz, 166 B.E. – observed March 21, 2009 by members of the Baha’i Faith – marked the 100th anniversary in the of the interment of the sacred remains of the Báb in the shrine on Mt. Carmel – an occasion that Shoghi Effendi describes in the following passage from God Passes By, p. 276: On the 28th of the month of Safar 1327 A.H., the day of the first Naw-Ruz (1909), which He celebrated after His release from His confinement, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had the marble sarcophagus transported with great labor to the vault prepared for it, and in the evening, by the light of a single lamp, He laid within it, with His own hands-in the presence of believers from the East and from the West and in circumstances at once solemn and moving-the wooden casket containing the sacred remains of the Báb and His companion. [...]

]]> http://www.arlingtonbahai.org/2009/03/19/happy-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Arlington Baha’is Celebrate the Feast of Bahá | The Baha'i Community of Arlington, Virginia Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:56:38 +0000 http://www.arlingtonbahai.org/?p=744#comment-218 [...] the first day of Bahá (Splendor) which first month of the Bahá’í calendar. After breaking the fast together on Friday March 20th, on March 21st the Arlington community gathered together to celebrate [...] [...] the first day of Bahá (Splendor) which first month of the Bahá’í calendar. After breaking the fast together on Friday March 20th, on March 21st the Arlington community gathered together to celebrate [...]

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