EVENT: Festival of Ridvan

Bahá’u’lláh (Glory of God in Arabic) the prophet founder of the Bahá’í faith, declared His Universal Mission in April 1863 in the Garden of Ridván, ushering the dawn of a New Age. Bahá’í communities throughout the world celebrate this occasion as the “King of Festivals”. The son of a Persian nobleman, Bahá’u’lláh declined a ministerial position in the court of the King and was later banished and imprisoned for His teachings. In His own words:

“We desire but the good of the world and happiness of the nations; yet they deem us a stirrer up of strife and sedition worthy of bondage and banishment... That all nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled - what harm is there in this? ... Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the `Most Great Peace' shall come”.

Join us for a special programme of uplifting music, story telling and visual presentations on the life Bahá’u’lláh, and in celebration of the Festival of Ridván.