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The Baháʼí World Centre buildings are buildings that are part of the Baháʼí World Centre in Israel.The Baháʼí World Centre buildings include both the Baháʼí holy places used for pilgrimage and the international administrative bodies of the Baháʼí Faith; they comprise more than 20 different administrative offices, pilgrim buildings, libraries, archives, historical residences, and ...
The designated sites for pilgrimage are not accessible to the majority of Baháʼís, as they are in Iraq and Iran respectively, and thus when Baháʼís currently refer to pilgrimage, it refers to a nine-day pilgrimage that occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre in Haifa and Akká in Israel. [1]
The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith, [1] representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa, Israel. Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baháʼí Faith occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre, including global teaching plans and study and ...
Bahai.org: The Bahá'í Calendar; Baháʼí Dates 172 to 221 B.E. (2015 – 2065; prepared by the Baha'i World Centre) (pdf) Slide Show: Introduction to the Badíʿ Calendar; Feast Days by year; Badíʻ Calendar Calculator (detailed information about past and future dates, specific to location)
The designated sites for pilgrimage are currently not accessible to the majority of Bahá'ís, as they are in Iraq and Iran respectively, and thus when Bahá'ís currently refer to pilgrimage, it refers to a nine-day pilgrimage which consists of visiting the holy places at the Bahá'í World Centre in northwest Israel in Haifa, Acre, and Bahjí.
It is a place of pilgrimage for Bahá’ís from all over the world, [125] and is the Qiblih they face for daily obligatory prayers. [126] In 2008 the shrine of Bahá’u’lláh, along with other Baháʼí holy places in Acre and Haifa, were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites .
Mansion of Bahji. Baháʼu'lláh's son ʻAbdu'l-Bahá first rented, and then purchased, the mansion for his father and the Baháʼí holy family to live in, and Baháʼu'lláh moved from Mazra'ih to Bahji and resided in the building until his death.
Haifa, Israel: Baháʼí World Centre. ISBN 978-0-8774-3374-3. Baháʼu'lláh (1976). Gleanings from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. ISBN 0-8774-3187-6. The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States (2006). "Baháʼí scripture". bahai.us. Archived from the original on ...