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 ...

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 ...

Edmond Baha’is along with their fellow religionists around the world celebrate the Festival of Ridvan (pronounced RIZ-von), the holiest period of the Baha’i calendar, from April 21 to May 2. The ...

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 ...

The Festival of Ridván, one of the two most holy festivals on the Bahá’í calendar, commemorates the beginning of Bahá’u’lláh’s public role as prophet and founder of the Bahá’í faith. The fact that ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO -- Brattleboro area Baha’is will gather on Monday, April 21, at 9:30 a.m. at the Baha’i Center, 148 Elliot St. to celebrate the First Day ...

Worshippers of the Baha’i faith begin celebrating Ridvan today. The first day commemorates the day Baha’u’llah declared his mission as a manifestation of God in the Garden of Ridvan outside of Baghdad ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Brattleboro area Baha’is will gather on Sunday, April 21, at 4 p.m. at the Baha’i Center, 148 Elliot St. to celebrate the First Day of Ridvan and to elect the members of the Spiritual ...

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 ...

Baha’is around the world are joyously celebrating the Ridvan Festival, just a month after celebrating the Baha’i New Year at the vernal equinox. Ridvan, which translates to mean “Paradise,” ...