By Eric Stetson
His Holiness Bahaullah (also spelled Baha’u’llah or Baha’ullah; pronounced ba-HAH-oo-lah), is the founding prophet of the Bahai faith. He lived from 1817 to 1892. He was a Persian aristocrat who spent most of his life in exile and under house arrest, in various countries of the Ottoman Empire, because of his controversial religious beliefs and [...]
Today is Naw Ruz — the Persian New Year — which is also a high holy day for Bahais and is celebrated on the vernal equinox, March 21, every year.
Naw Ruz is the first day of the year in the Bahai religious calendar. It is observed as a day symbolizing rebirth, renewal, new growth and [...]
As the website address indicates, this blog is written by UU Bahais. A UU Bahai is a Bahai within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) – just as there are UU Christians, UU Buddhists, UU Pagans, etc. The UUA is an interfaith community of over 1,000 congregations based on a tolerant, open-minded, all-inclusive worldview.
The Bahai faith is now represented among [...]