The Birthdays of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh are celebrated together. The celebration date changes slightly from year to year.

Bahá’u’lláh was born Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí, the son of a noble and wealthy family. He became a follower of the Báb at the age of 27 , and, like many others, was persecuted for this. In 1853, while imprisoned in a dungeon in Teheran, he realised that he was the one whose coming the Báb […]

19-day feasts are administrative meetings where Local Spiritual Assemblies and their communities pray, consult and celebrate together.

Celebrates the establishment of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, and the role of his son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as the Centre of the Covenant, Later aspects of the  Covenant are explained on this website on the page 'What is a Baháʼí?'. It is not necessary to suspend work on this day.

'Abdu’l-Bahá, Baháʼu'lláh's son and the Centre of His Covenant, passed away peacefully at his home in Haifa, at the age of 77. The funeral procession, on 29 November 1921, consisted of some10,000 people.  At the ceremony, eulogies were given by dignitaries representing the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities. 'Abdu’l-Bahá was interred in the Shrine of […]