Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
This tribute video produced by the Baha’is of the United States interviews Lauretta Voelz (1915-2016) about her spiritual heritage, her time pioneering, and her work in the Treasury department at the Baha’i National Office in the United States. She describes the construction of the House of Worship in Wilmette, among other moving historical anecdotes.
For more videos like this, feel free to check out the YouTube Channel for the Baha’is of the United States: http://bit.ly/2A4nBGF
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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