Category: Community Actitivities
The Spiritual Awakening of the Balkans – discussion with Michael Winger
“O ye close and dear friends of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá!
In the Orient scatter perfumes,And shed splendours on the West.Carry light unto the Bulgar,And the Slav with life invest.”(Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 270)
You and your friends are warmly invited to a stimulating talk and discussion on the spiritual awakening of the Balkans with the world traveler, poet, writer, photographer, management consultant and overall inspiring fellow, Michael Winger.
What: Discussion on the Spiritual Awakening of the Balkans
When: Tuesday, January 17th at 7:30 pm
The discussion will take place at the apartment of a member of the Arlington Baha’i community. The building is metro-accessible via the Orange line, between the Virginia Square and Ballston stations, and is right across from Arlington Central Library. Light refreshments will be served. Please contact the host for more information and if you wish to attend. All are welcome!
Arlington Baha’is to hold dynamic, tasty and fun themed parties.
It is often said that the way to anyone’s heart is through their stomachs, and the newly inaugurated Iron Chef™ style parties held by a new couple in Arlington aim to provide just that: an opportunity to make new friends, enjoy the company of old friends and create – through culinary endeavors with that month’s theme product- a feast for both eyes and tummies!
These have been a great success in bringing new friends and the community together. Being new to Arlington, to the East Coast, to marriage and their first home together, Mojdeh S. and her husband Chris S. set out to share their love for cooking. Since it’s inception in June, they have welcomed many friends – new and old – in their home and elsewhere to share fellowship, food and fun. Conversations have inspired, life milestones have been celebrated and new friendships have blossomed. It has become the place to be each month for those wishing to try out a new recipe, get creative with a family favorite and enjoy the scrumptious dishes being prepared by friends from Bristow to McLean, Germantown to Fairlington, even New York to Washington State.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, the inspiration for their parties comes from Iron Chef™, a culinary game show – based on the Japanese original – where a challenger chef competes against one of the resident “Iron Chefs” in a one-hour cooking competition based around a secret, theme ingredient. The “secret” ingredient at the parties is provided in the invitation and participants are asked to prepare an appetizer, main entree or dessert using (at least) that one ingredient in their dish(es).
Future parties will be announced with details in the calendar section of the Arlington Baha’i website.
Arlington Baha’is to celebrate Naw-ruz on March 21st
For Baha’is, Naw-ruz, the Baha’i New Year comes at a perfect time — March 21 — the vernal equinox, which marks the first day of spring and the end of the Baha’i Faith’s annual Nineteen Day Fast. Called Naw Ruz – “new day” in Persian, the Baha’i New Year has its roots in Persia, where the Baha’i Faith originated in the mid-1800s.
The Arlington Baha’i community will come together to celebrate Naw-ruz, the Baha’i new year, on March 21st at 7 p.m..
Baha’u'llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha’i Faith wrote of Naw-ruz, “Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast ordained Naw-Ruz as a festival unto those who have observed the Fast for love of Thee and abstained from all that is abhorrent unto thee…”
For more information, please contact us via the link above.
Arlington Baha’is to hold Ayyam-i-Ha Celebration on February 27
Ayyam-i-Ha, or Intercalary Days, is the time between the Baha’i month of Mulk (February 7 – February 25) and the month of Ala (March 2 – March 20). As the Baha’i calendar consists of the 19 months with 19 days each, the intercalary days provide an extra four days (or five in leap years) to complete the solar cycle.
During Ayyam-i-Ha, Baha’is strive to show extra love, fellowship, and charity. Ayyam-i-Ha is also a time when Baha’is give and receive gifts, particularly to children.
Baha’u'llah has said of Ayyam-i-Ha:
“It behoveth the people of Baha, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name.”
This year, the Arlington Baha’is will celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha at 6 p.m. on Sunday, February 27th. For more information, please call (703) 679-7554.
Bahá’ís to Celebrate Holy Day, October 20
A picnic-gathering of Bahá’ís in northern Virginia to celebrate the Birth of the Báb, the Herald Prophet of the Bahá’í Faith, will be held on Tuesday, October 20, from 12:00 noon to 4:30 pm at the Cherry Hill Park in Falls Church, VA (map URL).
The Holy Day program will begin at 2:00 pm. Hot dogs will be provided; bring food for all to enjoy. Please join us, families and children, one and all!
