Baha'i Holy Places - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/bahai-holy-places/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:38:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Answered Prayers: A Baha’i Family’s Unforgettable Pilgrimage https://bahaiteachings.org/on-first-meeting-shoghi-effendi-the-guardians-power/ https://bahaiteachings.org/on-first-meeting-shoghi-effendi-the-guardians-power/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85444 During the early years of the Baha’i Faith, when Baha’is made their pilgrimage to visit the shrines of the Bab and Baha’u’llah in the Holy Land, they had the bounty...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/on-first-meeting-shoghi-effendi-the-guardians-power/feed/ 1 Yamamoto and Fujita: The First Japanese Baha’is https://bahaiteachings.org/yamamoto-fujita-first-japanese-bahais/ https://bahaiteachings.org/yamamoto-fujita-first-japanese-bahais/#respond Fri, 24 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80708 Learn about the first Japanese Baha’is — Kanichi Yamamoto and Saichiro Fujita. Kanichi Yamamoto: The First Japanese Baha’i Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1879, Kanichi Yamamoto became the first...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/yamamoto-fujita-first-japanese-bahais/feed/ 0 Baha’u’llah’s Shrine: For Baha’is, the World’s Holiest Place https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullahs-shrine-for-bahais-the-worlds-holiest-place/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullahs-shrine-for-bahais-the-worlds-holiest-place/#comments Sat, 02 Sep 2023 13:00:43 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81504 Baha’is have intense emotional feelings about the Shrine of Baha’u’llah, the place they regard as the holiest place on the planet. Those feelings heighten when they learn more about what...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullahs-shrine-for-bahais-the-worlds-holiest-place/feed/ 1 The World’s Baha’i Houses of Worship https://bahaiteachings.org/the-worlds-bahai-houses-of-worship/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-worlds-bahai-houses-of-worship/#respond Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:00:25 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76099 Have you ever seen a Baha’i House of Worship? Sometimes called Temples, they’re also known by an Arabic phrase – “Mashriqu’l-Adhkar” – which means “dawning-place of the remembrance of God.”...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-worlds-bahai-houses-of-worship/feed/ 0 Foundation Laid for House of Worship in DRC as Kenya Temple Nears Completion https://bahaiteachings.org/foundation-laid-house-worship-drc-kenya-temple-nears-completion/ https://bahaiteachings.org/foundation-laid-house-worship-drc-kenya-temple-nears-completion/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=69409 Recent weeks have seen steady progress in the construction of the two Baha’i Houses of Worship in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just eight weeks after the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/foundation-laid-house-worship-drc-kenya-temple-nears-completion/feed/ 1 Ground Broken for First Local Baha’i Temple in India https://bahaiteachings.org/ground-broken-for-first-local-bahai-temple-in-india/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ground-broken-for-first-local-bahai-temple-in-india/#respond Sun, 28 Feb 2021 14:00:01 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=69197 Ground was broken today for the first local Baha’i House of Worship in India – an edifice from which will emanate the spirit of worship and service that has been...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ground-broken-for-first-local-bahai-temple-in-india/feed/ 0 2020 In Review: A Year Without Precedent https://bahaiteachings.org/2020-review-year-without-precedent/ https://bahaiteachings.org/2020-review-year-without-precedent/#respond Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:55:17 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=67529 BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTRE — The Bahá’í World News Service looks back on a year like no other, providing an overview of the stories it has covered on developments in the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/2020-review-year-without-precedent/feed/ 0 The Spiritual Meaning and Significance of the Number 9 https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-number-nine/ https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-number-nine/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66533 Have you ever wondered why different numbers can have different levels of significance to you? You may notice how some numbers seem to appear more in your life than others...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-number-nine/feed/ 0 Shrine of Abdu’l-Baha: Structure Rises Above Foundations https://bahaiteachings.org/shrine-abdul-baha-structure-rises-above-foundations/ https://bahaiteachings.org/shrine-abdul-baha-structure-rises-above-foundations/#respond Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65654 Since the completion of the foundations for the Shrine of Abdu’l-Baha, the first vertical elements are now being raised. The subterranean portion of the structure, which will lie beneath the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/shrine-abdul-baha-structure-rises-above-foundations/feed/ 0 Finding the Baha’i Faith in My Journey Around the World https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-bahai-faith-journey-around-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-bahai-faith-journey-around-world/#respond Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65284 In the year 2000, I toured the Old City of Jerusalem with some Israeli friends. We walked the path Jesus walked with a crown of thorns while dragging the cross...

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