The Las Cruces Baha’i Community will observe the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha at 1 a.m. 28 November 2014. (Click for venue). We invite you to join us.
Overwhelming grief flooded the Baha’is at the time of the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. For some, it must have seemed as if the light of the Faith had temporarily been extinguished. We will pay homage to the life of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and observe His passing at this holy day observance.
The Passing of ‘Abdul-Baha.
The news of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s passing on November 28, 1921, was received by the Bahá’í world and the citizens of Haifa with profound distress and grief. The Holy Land–a land all too frequently convulsed by religious conflict– witnessed an unprecedented event of unity and collective emotion in the aftermath of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s death. Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druzes, of all persuasions and denominations; Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Armenians, and other ethnic groups were drawn together in mourning His passing and in sharing their common loss.