Thursday, February 26, 2015

Interfaith Days: Baha'i Intercalary Days

http://www.springfieldbahai.org/calendar.htm
Today (actually yesterday at sunset) marks the beginning of a four-day intercalary period in the Baha'i calendar called Ayyám-i-Há, or "Days of Há". Há, in turn, "is the Arabic letter corresponding to the English H [which] commemorates the transcendence of God over his attributes, since its name "Há" has been used as a symbol of the essence of God in the Bahá'í holy writings." (from this site, which contains additional information about these days as well as the special Baha'i calendar.) These days are dedicated to charity, hospitality, ministering to the sick and impoverished, meditation upon God's attributes, and other good works in preparation to the upcoming nineteen-day Fast. Here is a prayer for these days: http://www.bahaiprayers.org/intercalary.htm See also this site.

(From the 2015 Interfaith Calendar of the Diversity Awareness Partnership of St. Louis---see dapstl.org for more information---and various online sources.)


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