Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year)
Coinciding with the first day of spring, Baha'is celebrate their New Year, called Naw Ruz, on March 21. The Baha'i calendar, which sets the rhythm for Baha'i community life, was inaugurated in 1844 with the declaration of the Bab, the Prophet-Herald of the Baha'i Faith.
First Day of Ridvan - Festival of Ridvan
The word Ridvan (pronounced "riz-wan") means "Paradise." For twelve days, April 21 to May 2, Baha'is celebrate the period in 1863 when Bahau'llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith, resided in a garden in Baghdad which He called "the Garden of Ridvan ." During this period, Bahau'llah proclaimed His mission as God's messenger for this age.
The Ninth Day of Ridvan
The arrival of Baha'u'llah's family to the Ridvan garden and They celebrated today as the ninth Day of Ridvan.
The Twelfth Day of Ridvan
2 May 1863 Baha'u'llah, 11 family members and 26 disciples depart for Constantinople at noon. During the journey, they are accorded enthusiastic receptions wherever they stopped, being preceded by the government cavalry, flags flying and drums beating
Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz
May 23, 1844 marks the beginnings of the Bahai Faith in Shiraz, Persia (Iran). The Bab, which means the "Gate," proclaimed on that date that He was not only the founder of an independent world religion, but the herald of a new and greater prophet or messenger of God. This new messenger would usher in an age of peace for all humanity.
Ascension of Bahau'llah
On May 29, Bahau'llah, Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith, passed away in 1892 near Akka, Palastine (Israel)
The Martyrdom of the Bab
On July 9, Bahais commemorate the date on which the Bab was executed in 1850 by a 750-man firing squad in Tabriz, Persia (Iran), Execution of the Bab in Tabriz and the exposure of His mangled body on the edge of the moat outside the city.Attempted execution of the Bab in Tabriz by a firing squad of 750 soldiers in front of 20,000 witnesses fails. The Bab vanishes in the smoke and is found later completing His final instructions to His amanuensis. The leader of the first firing squad refuses to try again. A second attempt is made using a new leader at noon, this time successfully. A gale force wind, earthquake, cholera and famine immediately follow. One third of the firing squad later die in an earthquake, the remainder are executed for mutiny. The bodies of the Bab and Anis are retrieved as directed by Bahau'llah and ultimately interred at the Shrine of the Bab on the slope of Mt. Carmel, Israel
Birth of the Bab in Shiraz
Bahais commemorate the birth of the Bab (the "Gate"), the Prophet-Herald of the Bahai Faith. In 1819, the Bab was born in Shiraz, Persia (Iran)
Birth of Baha'u'llah
Bahais commemorate the birth of Baha'u'llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith. In 1817, Baha'u'llah was born in Tehran, Persia (Iran), Birth of Baha'u'llah [Mirza Husayn-Ali] in Tihran, to one of the wealthiest families in Persia. Baha'u'llah, never having attended school, is taught calligraphy, riding, classical poetry and a good reading knowledge of the Qur'an which was customary for a nobleman's son at that time