Sienna Mae Heath holds a container of sumac, or “somaq,” which represents sunrise, Thursday near her south Bethlehem apartment. It’s one of several symbolic items she’ll place on a table for the ...
March 20 was the first day of spring this year. This day marked the occurrence of the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, where the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator and day ...
On Tuesday, March 20, Asheville’s Bahá’í community will gather to celebrate the new year (164 Bahá’í Era). This festive day, which runs from sunset to sunset, is also the vernal equinox—the first day ...
(RNS) This year, Naw-Ruz holds special meaning for Iranian-Americans, who in recent months have witnessed a historic, if slow, thaw in relations between their native and adopted countries. WATERTOWN, ...
Like Baha’is around the world, Behzad Zandieh is preparing to celebrate more than the first day of spring this weekend. The Harrisburg man, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Baha’is of Harrisburg, ...
UB’s Gender Institute and the Coalition for the Advancement for Moslem Women will mark the start of the Iranian New Year with a Naw Ruz celebration of food, dancing and music on March 31. The event, ...
The Baha’i New Year, Naw-Ruz, is celebrated by Baha’is around the world each year on the date of the spring equinox. It is a joyous time of celebration and is one of several Baha’i Holy Days. With the ...
The festivities are open to the public. The goal of the Bahá’í Faith is to unify the human race. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Right now bringing people together with different understandings of the world ...
Although it may be difficult to see through the icicles, spring is around the corner, waiting to bring new life and bloom with it. Falling on March 20-21 the Holy Day of Naw-Ruz, or “New Day,” ...
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