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Bahá'í pilgrimage

Index Bahá'í pilgrimage

A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Acre, and Bahjí at the Bahá'í World Centre in Northwest Israel. [1]

83 relations: Aniconism, Aniconism in the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í Faith and auxiliary language, Bahá'í Faith and gender equality, Bahá'í Faith by continent, Bahá'í Faith in Asia, Bahá'í Faith in Australia, Bahá'í Faith in Botswana, Bahá'í Faith in Chad, Bahá'í Faith in Colombia, Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, Bahá'í Faith in Ethiopia, Bahá'í Faith in France, Bahá'í Faith in Germany, Bahá'í Faith in Greater Boston, Bahá'í Faith in Italy, Bahá'í Faith in Japan, Bahá'í Faith in Kenya, Bahá'í Faith in Moldova, Bahá'í Faith in New Zealand, Bahá'í Faith in Pakistan, Bahá'í Faith in Russia, Bahá'í Faith in Scotland, Bahá'í Faith in Spain, Bahá'í Faith in the Marshall Islands, Bahá'í Faith in the United States, Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia, Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, Bahá'í Faith in Ukraine, Bahá'í Faith in Vietnam, Bahá'í gardens, Bahá'í House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois), Bahá'í laws, Bahá'í World Centre, Bahá'í World Centre buildings, Dorothy Beecher Baker, Enoch Olinga, Esperanto, Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, Florence Virginia Foose Wilson Mayberry, Freedom of religion by country, Garden of Ridván, Green Acre Bahá'í School, Helen Elsie Austin, History of Haifa, History of the Bahá'í Faith, Holy Land, Holy places, Human rights in Iran, ..., Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ibrahim George Kheiralla, Israel, Israelis, Jacqueline Left Hand Bull, Jakob Kunz, Juliet Thompson, Leonora Armstrong, List of places in Iraq, List of religious sites, List of writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Louis George Gregory, Mansion of Bahjí, Mark Tobey, Mary Hanford Ford, Munírih, Nancy Douglas Bowditch, O. Z. Whitehead, Outline of the Bahá'í Faith, Persecution of Bahá'ís, Pilgrim House, Pilgrimage, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Religion in Israel, Religion in Pakistan, Sadie and Mabry Oglesby, Shiraz, Shrine, Thornton Chase, William Sears (Bahá'í), `Abdu'l-Bahá, `Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West. Expand index (33 more) »

Aniconism

Aniconism is the absence of material representations of the natural and supernatural world in various cultures, particularly in the monotheistic Abrahamic religions.

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Aniconism in the Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith continues a tradition found in Islam of not using depictions in art of people considered a Manifestation of God.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Bahá'í Faith and auxiliary language

The Bahá'í Faith teaches that the world should adopt an international auxiliary language, which people would use in addition to their mother tongue.

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Bahá'í Faith and gender equality

One of the fundamental teachings of the Bahá'í Faith is that men and women are equal, and that equality of the sexes is a spiritual and moral standard that is essential for the unification of the planet and the unfoldment of peace.

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Bahá'í Faith by continent

The Bahá'í Faith is a diverse and widespread religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in the 19th century in Iran.

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Bahá'í Faith in Asia

The Bahá'í Faith is a diverse and widespread religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in the 19th century in Iran.

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Bahá'í Faith in Australia

The Bahá'í Faith has a long history in Australia.

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Bahá'í Faith in Botswana

The Bahá'í Faith in Botswana begins after `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote letters encouraging taking the religion to Africa in 1916.

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Bahá'í Faith in Chad

Though the Bahá'í Faith in Chad began after its independence in 1960 members of the religion were present in associated territories since 1953.

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Bahá'í Faith in Colombia

The Bahá'í Faith in Colombia begins with references to the country in Bahá'í literature as early as 1916, with Bahá'ís visiting as early as 1927.

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Bahá'í Faith in Egypt

The Bahá'í Faith in Egypt has existed for over 100 years.

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Bahá'í Faith in Ethiopia

The Bahá'í Faith in Ethiopia began after `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote letters encouraging taking the religion to Africa in 1916.

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Bahá'í Faith in France

The Bahá'í Faith in France started after French citizens observed and studied the religion in its native Persia in the 19th century.

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Bahá'í Faith in Germany

Though mentioned in the Bahá'í (Bahaitum) literature in the 19th century, the Bahá'í Faith in Germany begins in the early 20th century when two emigrants to the United States returned on prolonged visits to Germany bringing their newfound religion.

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Bahá'í Faith in Greater Boston

The Bahá'í Faith in Greater Boston, a combined statistical area, has had glimpses of the religion in the 19th century arising to its first community of religionists at the turn of the century.

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Bahá'í Faith in Italy

The Bahá'í Faith in Italy dates from 1899 - the earliest known date for Bahá'ís in Italy.

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Bahá'í Faith in Japan

The Bahá'í Faith in Japan begins after a few mentions of the country by `Abdu'l-Bahá first in 1875.

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Bahá'í Faith in Kenya

The Bahá'í Faith in Kenya began with three individuals.

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Bahá'í Faith in Moldova

The Bahá'í Faith in Moldova began during the policy of oppression of religion in the former Soviet Union.

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Bahá'í Faith in New Zealand

While the first mention of events related to the history of the Bahá'í Faith in New Zealand was in 1846 continuous contact began around 1904 when one individual after another came in contact with Bahá'ís and some of them published articles in print media in New Zealand as early as 1908.

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Bahá'í Faith in Pakistan

The Bahá'í Faith in Pakistan begins previous to its independence when it was part of India.

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Bahá'í Faith in Russia

The history of the Bahá'í Faith (Вера Бахаи) in Russia began soon after the founding in 1844 of the Bábí religion, viewed by Bahá'ís as the direct predecessor of the Bahá'í Faith, with Russian diplomats to Qajar Persia observing, reacting to, and sending updates about the Bábís.

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Bahá'í Faith in Scotland

The Bahá'í Faith in Scotland is a minority religion.

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Bahá'í Faith in Spain

The Bahá'í Faith in Spain begins with coverage of events in the history of the Bábí religion in the 1850s.

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Bahá'í Faith in the Marshall Islands

The Bahá'í Faith in the Marshall Islands begins after 1916 with a mention by `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, that Bahá'ís should take the religion there.

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Bahá'í Faith in the United States

The Bahá'í Faith was first mentioned in the United States in 1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

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Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia

The Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia begins circa 1910 when the first Bahá'í arrives, possibly from Egypt.

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Bahá'í Faith in Turkey

The Bahá'í Faith bears a strong bond to the nation of Turkey as Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Faith, was exiled to Constantinople, current-day Istanbul, by the Ottoman authorities during the formative days of the religion.

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Bahá'í Faith in Ukraine

The Bahá'í Faith in Ukraine began during the policy of oppression of religion in the former Soviet Union.

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Bahá'í Faith in Vietnam

The introduction of the Bahá'í Faith in Vietnam first occurred in the 1920s, not long after French Indochina was mentioned by `Abdu'l-Bahá as a potential destination for Bahá'í teachers.

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Bahá'í gardens

Bahá'í gardens can be found at Bahá'í Holy Places in Israel and elsewhere, and at Bahá'í Houses of Worship.

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Bahá'í House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois)

The Bahá'í House of Worship (or Bahá'í Temple) is a temple in Wilmette, Illinois.

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Bahá'í laws

Bahá'í laws are laws and ordinances used in the Bahá'í Faith and are a fundamental part of Bahá'í practice.

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Bahá'í World Centre

The Bahá'í World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Bahá'í World Centre buildings

The Bahá'í World Centre buildings are buildings that are part of the Bahá'í World Centre in Israel.

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Dorothy Beecher Baker

Dorothy Beecher Baker (December 21, 1898 - January 10, 1954) was a member of the group termed the Hands of the Cause of God who were a select group of Bahá'ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá'í Faith.

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Enoch Olinga

Enoch Olinga (June 24, 1926 - September 16, 1979) was born to a Ugandan family of the Iteso ethnic group.

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Esperanto

Esperanto (or; Esperanto) is a constructed international auxiliary language.

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Ethel Jenner Rosenberg

Ethel Jenner Rosenberg (August 6, 1858 - November 17, 1930) became the first English Bahá'í.

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Florence Virginia Foose Wilson Mayberry

Florence Virginia Foose Wilson Mayberry (September 18, 1906 – April 8, 1998) was a writer and convert to the Bahá'í Faith.

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Freedom of religion by country

The status of religious freedom around the world varies from country to country.

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Garden of Ridván

The Gardens of Ridván (lit. garden of paradise) refers to one of two Bahá'í locations.

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Green Acre Bahá'í School

Green Acre Bahá'í School is one of three leading institutions owned by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.

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Helen Elsie Austin

Helen Elsie Austin (1908–2004) was an American attorney, US Foreign Service Officer, and member of the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assemblies in the United States and North West Africa.

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History of Haifa

The history of Haifa dates back to the 3rd century CE.

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History of the Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í history is often traced through a sequence of leaders, beginning with the Báb's declaration in Shiraz on the evening of May 22, 1844, and ultimately resting on an Administrative Order established by the central figures of the religion.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ, Terra Sancta; Arabic: الأرض المقدسة) is an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also includes the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River.

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Holy places

Holy places are sites that religions considers to be of special religious significance.

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Human rights in Iran

The state of human rights in Iran has been criticized both by Iranians and international human rights activists, writers, and NGOs since long before the formation of the current state of Iran.

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Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The state of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been criticized both by Iranians and international human right activists, writers, and NGOs.

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Ibrahim George Kheiralla

Ibrahim George Kheiralla (11 November 1849 - 6 March 1929) was a founder of the first American Bahá'í community along with Anton Haddad.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Israelis

Israelis (ישראלים Yiśraʾelim, الإسرائيليين al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds.

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Jacqueline Left Hand Bull

Jacqueline Left Hand Bull (formerly Delahunt, born in 1943), member of the Sicangu Lakota of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, was brought up in her view in a traditional Lakota way by her grandparents and parents.

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Jakob Kunz

Jakob Kunz (November 3, 1874 – July 18, 1938) was an American physicist who pioneered the development and application of photoelectric cells.

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Juliet Thompson

Juliet Thompson (1873–1956) was an American Bahá'í, painter, and disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá.

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Leonora Armstrong

Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong (June 23, 1895 – October 17, 1980) was the first Bahá'í to live in Brazil.

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List of places in Iraq

This is a list of places in Iraq.

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List of religious sites

This article provides an incomplete list and broad overview of significant religious sites and places of spiritual importance throughout the world.

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List of writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, wrote many books, tablets and prayers, of which only a fraction has been translated into English until now.

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Louhelen Bahá'í School

Louhelen Bahá'í School is one of three leading institutions owned by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.

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Louis George Gregory

Louis George Gregory (born June 6, 1874 in Charleston, South Carolina; died July 30, 1951 in Eliot, Maine) was a prominent member of the Bahá'í Faith posthumously appointed a Hand of the Cause, the highest appointed position in the Bahá'í Faith, by Shoghi Effendi.

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Mansion of Bahjí

The Mansion of Bahjí (قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight) is a summer house in Acre, Israel where Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, died in 1892.

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Mark Tobey

Mark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American painter.

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Mary Hanford Ford

Mary Hanford Ford (November 1, 1856 – February 2, 1937) was an American lecturer, author, art and literature critic and a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

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Munírih

Munírih Khánum (منیره خانم‎; 1847April 28, 1938) was the wife of `Abdu'l-Bahá, a prominent figure in the Bahá'í Faith.

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Nancy Douglas Bowditch

Nancy Douglas Bowditch, also known as Mrs.

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O. Z. Whitehead

Oothout Zabriskie Whitehead (March 1, 1911 – July 29, 1998) was a stage and film character actor.

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Outline of the Bahá'í Faith

The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the Bahá'í Faith.

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Persecution of Bahá'ís

Persecution of Bahá'ís occurs in various countries, especially in Iran, where the Bahá'í Faith originated and the location of one of the largest Bahá'í populations in the world.

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Pilgrim House

The term Pilgrim House is a term used by Bahá'ís to signify buildings where pilgrims are (or were) greeted and housed during pilgrimage to the Bahá'í holy places.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.

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Rúhíyyih Khánum

Rúhíyyih Rabbání (8 Aug 1910 – 19 Jan 2000), born as Mary Sutherland Maxwell, and best known by the title Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum was the wife of Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921–1957.

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Religion in Israel

Religion in Israel is a central feature of the country and plays a major role in shaping Israeli culture and lifestyle.

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Religion in Pakistan

The state religion in Pakistan is Islam, which is practiced by 96% of the population.

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Sadie and Mabry Oglesby

Sadie (April 10, 1881, Concord NC - Feb 1956, Boston, MA) and Mabry Oglesby (January 14, 1870, South Carolina - May 19, 1945, Boston, MA) were married in October 1901 and were early African-American Bahá'ís.

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Shiraz

Shiraz (fa, Šīrāz) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province (Old Persian as Pars).

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Shrine

A shrine (scrinium "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: escrin "box or case") is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped.

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Thornton Chase

Thornton Chase (February 22, 1847 – September 30, 1912) was a distinguished officer of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, and the first western convert to the Bahá'í Faith.

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William Sears (Bahá'í)

William Bernard Sears (March 28, 1911 – March 25, 1992) was a writer and a popular television and radio personality in various shows culminating in the 1950s with In the Park but left television popularity to promote the Bahá'í Faith in Africa and embarked on a lifelong service to the religion, for some 35 years as Hand of the Cause, the highest office of the religion he could be appointed to.

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`Abdu'l-Bahá

`Abdu’l-Bahá' (Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born `Abbás (عباس), was the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh and served as head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1892 until 1921.

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`Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West

`Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West were a series of trips `Abdu'l-Bahá undertook starting at the age of 67 from Palestine to the West from 1910 to 1913.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_pilgrimage

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