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BAHÁ’Í FAITH - CELEBRATIONS
Major Celebrations and Observances
The Baha'i calendar is a solar calendar with nineteen
months of nineteen days each, beginning on March 21. It
includes four Intercalary Days before the nineteenth month.
The day of worship is the first day of each of the nineteen
months. Baha'is have nine holy days and observe the last
month in their calendar as a month of fasting:
- Naw-Rúz (New Year): 21 March, the vernal equinox.
- Ridván (period during which Bahá’u’lláh declared his
mission): first day, 21 April.
- Ridván: ninth day, 29 April.
- Ridván: 12th day, 2 May.
- The Báb’s Declaration of his Mission: 23 May.
- Passing of Bahá’u’lláh: 29 May.
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- Martyrdom of the Báb: 9 July.
- Birth of the Báb: 20 October.
- Birth of Bahá’u’lláh: 12 November.
Special Observances
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Nineteen-Day Feast: a three-part service held in
all Bahá’í communities every 19 days, on the first day of each
Bahá’í month. All Bahá’ís in an area must try to attend it. The
three parts of the service are a devotional part given to
prayer, an administrative part concerning the functioning of the
community, and a social part at which refreshments are served.
The Bahá’í calendar consists of 19 months of 19 days each. The
remaining four intercalary days (five in a leap year), called
Ayyám-i-Há, are set aside for hospitality and gift giving.
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Days of the Covenant: 26 November.
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Passing of Abdu’l-Bahá: 28 November.
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Bahá’í Fast: 2–20 March.
Love ye all religions and all races
with a love
that is true and sincere and show that love
through deeds and not through the tongue;
for the latter hath no importance,
as the majority of men are, in speech,
well-wishers, while action is the best.
Abdu’l-Baha, (son of Baha'u'llah)
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