Holy Days permission letters
6 August 2021
7 Kamál 178 B.E.
Contents:
– Holy Days permission letters
– New Elevate collections for the centenary of the Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
– University course on peace leaves lasting impact on students
GC-35823
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All believers in the United Kingdom
Dearly loved Friends,
Mindful that work and schooling should be suspended on nine of the Bahá’í Holy Days as expressed in the quotations below, the National Spiritual Assembly has prepared the enclosed letters – one for employers and one for schools – providing the dates of Holy Days for the coming year. Please use these letters at your discretion to request the necessary time off work or school.
The days pertaining to the Abhá Beauty (Bahá’u’lláh) and the Primal Point (the Báb), that is to say these nine days, are the only ones on which work connected with trade, commerce, industry and agriculture is not allowed. In like manner, work connected with any form of employment, whether governmental or otherwise, should be suspended.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in The Bahá’í World Vol.VII, p.537
Regarding children: at fifteen a Bahá’í is of age as far as keeping the laws of the Aqdas is concerned—prayer, fasting, etc. But children under fifteen should certainly observe the Bahá’í Holy Days, and not go to school, if this can be arranged, on these nine days.
From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to a National Assembly, dated 25 October 1947
The observance of holy days occupies a central place in every religion. Through their commemoration, the calendar year becomes the stage on which the signal events associated with the life and ministry of the divine Manifestations of God are annually remembered and honoured. This remembrance has both a personal dimension, providing a time for reflection on the significance of these events, and a social dimension, helping to deepen the identity and foster the cohesion of the community.
From the preface to Days of Remembrance
GC-35823 A – Holy Days: Letter for employers
GC-25823 B – Holy Days: Letter for schools
With loving Bahá’í greetings,
Patrick O’Mara,
Secretary
New Elevate collections for the centenary of the Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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