2023 is the 25th anniversary of Facets of Faith. This week’s column is a look back at one that ran April 21, 2001. It is about the festival of Ridvan, considered the "most great festival" in Baha'i, a ...

At the Portland Bahá'í Center, adapted from the old St. Johns post office, a roomful of people gathered April 20, to celebrate the first day of Ridvan, the holiest and most significant festival in the ...

Mumbai: Baha'is around the world, including in Mumbai, are joyfully celebrating the Ridvan festival, a 12-day period commemorating the announcement of Baha'u'llah as the Messenger of God. This ...

POCATELLO — Yesterday, Baha’is around the world started a 12-day religious festival called Ridvan, commemorating the birth of the Baha’i Faith. On April 20, 1863, Baha’u’llah, the founder of the ...

The Baha’i communities of Bethlehem and Allentown will begin the observance of the annual Festival of Ridvan Sunday with the election of their local administrative bodies for the Spiritual Assemblies ...

The Bahá’is of the Virgin Islands celebrate the annual Festival of Ridvan during the 12 days starting today to May 2. The word “Ridvan” means paradise. From April 21 to May 2, 1863, Bahá’u’lláh, the ...

THE borough's Baha'i community is coming together next weekend to celebrate the most important time in the faith's calendar. The Festival of Ridvan takes place at 6pm on Sunday, April 22 at Beckenham ...

Baha'is are the nicest, friendliest people. And it's not surprising, given their core beliefs. "All we do is designed to bring unity, a new civilization, heaven on earth," said Judith Washington, a ...

Although the Festival of Ridvan began Monday at sunset, an electronic invitation was recently received providing a way for everyone to share this special occasion. In years past, as part of its annual ...