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The Bahá'ís of Amherst invite you to the commemoration of:
THE ASCENSION OF BAHA’U’LLAH
Time: Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 3:00 AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81528982640?pwd=dm5GNkZhb2svbWQyRzVsTUw5ZXFRUT09
Meeting ID: 815 2898 2640
Passcode: 071479
The Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh is a Holy Day that commemorates the death of Bahá'u'lláh, the latest of God's Messengers, Who brought spiritual and social teachings for our modern age. The typical observance consists of devotional readings and is held at 4:00 a.m. Daylight Saving Time (3:00 a.m. Standard Time), as Bahá'u'lláh passed away about 3:00 a.m. on the 29th day of May, 1892.
In the early hours of 29 May 1892, Bahá’u’lláh passed away at the Mansion of Bahjí. Nine days later His will was unsealed. It designated ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor and head of the Bahá'í Faith — the first time in history that the founder of a world religion had made explicitly clear whom people should follow after His death. This declaration of a successor is the pivotal provision of what is known to Bahá'ís as the "Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh." It has enabled the Bahá'í Faith to remain united around one central authority for over a century.
Quoted from The Life of Bahá'u'llah: A photographic narrative.
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