Architecture - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/architecture/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:28:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Sarah Farmer: A Life Sacrificed for Peace https://bahaiteachings.org/sarah-farmer-life-sacrificed-peace/ https://bahaiteachings.org/sarah-farmer-life-sacrificed-peace/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83786 Sarah FarmerI vividly remember all my trips to Green Acre: A Baha’i Center of Learning.  I remember watching the peace flag flutter outside in the wind, and I remember praying each...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/sarah-farmer-life-sacrificed-peace/feed/ 1 How Artist Oletha DeVane Honors Our African Ancestors https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83619 Artist Oletha DeVane next to the memorial she designed for the enslaved and freed“My life’s goal as an artist is to unlock the secrets to the oldest stories and create new ones,” wrote Oletha DeVane, a Baha’i multidisciplinary artist. RELATED: How One Playwright...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/feed/ 0 Artist Masud Olufani Honors the First African American Baha’i https://bahaiteachings.org/artist-masud-olufani-honors-first-african-american-bahai/ https://bahaiteachings.org/artist-masud-olufani-honors-first-african-american-bahai/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83336 “I’m inspired by his ability to see the truth, his willingness to enter into a space where he knew he was going to be the only one, and the courage...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/artist-masud-olufani-honors-first-african-american-bahai/feed/ 0 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 Work Progresses on Houses of Worship in the DRC and Kenya https://bahaiteachings.org/work-progresses-houses-worship-drc-kenya/ https://bahaiteachings.org/work-progresses-houses-worship-drc-kenya/#respond Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66293 Construction work on Baha’i Houses of Worship in two African communities is steadily progressing. Less than two months since the groundbreaking for the national Baha’i House of Worship in the Democratic Republic...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/work-progresses-houses-worship-drc-kenya/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 Papua New Guinea: House of Worship Takes Shape https://bahaiteachings.org/papua-new-guinea-house-worship-takes-shape/ https://bahaiteachings.org/papua-new-guinea-house-worship-takes-shape/#respond Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:00:31 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65590 Coming into view from all directions as one approaches the Waigani area of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, is the rising structure of the Baha’i House of Worship currently under...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/papua-new-guinea-house-worship-takes-shape/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking for House of Worship Celebrated Across DRC https://bahaiteachings.org/groundbreaking-house-worship-celebrated-across-drc/ https://bahaiteachings.org/groundbreaking-house-worship-celebrated-across-drc/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:00:54 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=64185 Construction of the national Baha’i House of Worship in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was inaugurated on Sunday with a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/groundbreaking-house-worship-celebrated-across-drc/feed/ 0 The Shrine of Abdu’l-Baha: Foundations Completed https://bahaiteachings.org/the-shrine-of-abdul-baha-foundations-completed/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-shrine-of-abdul-baha-foundations-completed/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:48:52 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=63411 Following the announcement of the design concept for the Shrine of Abdu’l-Baha some months ago, the foundations of the edifice have now been laid and construction is approaching a new...

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