New Year’s came this week for local members of the Baha’i community, who were happy to end the faith’s annual 19-day, sunrise-to-sunset fast. Naw Ruz began at sunset Thursday, coinciding 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 ...

SIOUX CITY -- One of the less-visible religious communities in Siouxland is preparing for a celebration. Sioux City-area Bahá'í will be celebrating Naw-Rúz with a Persian meal on Tuesday. On Wednesday ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Naw Ruz, the Baha’i New Year, coincides with the first day of spring on Sunday, March 21. Naw Ruz is one of nine Baha’i Holy Days on which work is suspended. Other Holy Days include the ...

Bahá'ís in Bermuda and around the world will next Saturday celebrate Naw-Ruz, the Bahá'í New Year. Naw-Ruz aligns with the spring equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator line in a northerly ...

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 ...