http://www.voicesdivine.com Bahai audio books & podcast recordings of writings, prayers, news, & community messages for lovers of Bahaullah Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:38:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Bahai audio books & podcast recordings of writings, prayers, news, & community messages for lovers of Bahaullah VoicesDivine no © 2008-2010 VoicesDivine.com and others VoicesDivine.com Baha'i Podcasts https://www.voicesdivine.com/main/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.voicesdivine.com http://www.voicesdivine.com/news/naw-ruz-this-year-marks-centenary-of-entombment-of-the-bab/ http://www.voicesdivine.com/news/naw-ruz-this-year-marks-centenary-of-entombment-of-the-bab/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:19:12 +0000 John Iron http://news.voicesdivine.com/?p=300 http://www.voicesdivine.com/news/naw-ruz-this-year-marks-centenary-of-entombment-of-the-bab/feed/ 0 100 years,anniversary,Báb,Baha'i,Haifa,interment,Israel,Mount Carmel,Naw Ruz,New Year,shrine On March 21st, Baha'is mark Naw-Ruz, their new year, and this year also the 100th anniversary of the interment of the remains of the Báb on Mount Carmel. (http://news.voicesdivine.com/wp-content/uploads/news/20090318-BWNS-704-NawRuz-Centenary-Bab-150.jpg) 2009 March 18, HAIFA, Israel (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107001268033865952759.0004614f3a50c3f77ea73&ll=32.814609,34.987206&spn=0.008323,0.016522&t=h&z=17) - On March 21, Baha'is around the world will mark Naw-Ruz - their new year - a date that this year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the interment of the remains of the Báb on Mount Carmel. On Naw-Ruz in 1909, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, then the head of the Baha'i Faith, laid to rest the mortal remains of the Báb. 'Abdu'l-Bahá personally placed the precious trust in its place in a building he had had constructed on Mount Carmel in Haifa. The original structure was later surrounded by a formal colonnade and crowned with a golden dome to make it a fitting burial site for the Báb, the first of two Messengers of God associated with the Baha'i Faith. Both lived in the 19th century, with the Báb's mission being to announce the imminent coming of Bahá'u'lláh, considered by Baha'is the long-awaited promised one of all religions. The Báb was executed in the public square in Tabriz, Persia (now Iran), in 1850, and His remains were hidden in that country for nearly 50 years until being secretly brought to the Holy Land and hidden another decade before being laid to their final rest. Bahá'u'lláh was also from Persia but was banished from His native land and eventually exiled to the Acre-Haifa area. Before His passing in 1892, Bahá'u'lláh gave instructions to 'Abdu'l-Bahá to have the remains of the Báb brought from Persia and interred at a specific site on Mount Carmel. 'Abdu'l-Bahá thus arranged for the purchase of the land; the building of an adequate structure for the interment; and a road to the site on what at that time was still a rough, undeveloped mountainside. The Baha'is of Rangoon, Burma, sent a sarcophagus to use for the entombment. The circumstances of that significant event 100 years ago are described in the Baha'i history "God Passes By": "'Abdu'l-Bahá had the marble sarcophagus transported with great labor to the vault prepared for it, and in the evening, by the light of a single lamp, he laid within it, with his own hands - in the presence of believers from the East and from the West and in circumstances at once solemn and moving - the wooden casket containing the sacred remains of the Báb. ..." Please visit the Baha'i World News Service (http://news.bahai.org/story/704) to see the original article and pictures of this and other Baha'i stories. John Iron no 3:23 http://www.voicesdivine.com/news/restoration-work-begins-on-shrine-of-the-bab/ http://www.voicesdivine.com/news/restoration-work-begins-on-shrine-of-the-bab/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:19:29 +0000 John Iron http://news.voicesdivine.com/?p=7 http://www.voicesdivine.com/news/restoration-work-begins-on-shrine-of-the-bab/feed/ 0 Báb, Bab, Baha'i, Bahai, Bahá'í, gardens, Haifa, Israel, Mount Carmel, restoration, renovation, shrine, temple, UNESCO Work has begun on a four-year restoration project on the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, one of the holiest sites in the Baha'i world and Haifa's best-known landmark. The Shrine of the Báb stands at the center of the Baha'i gardens, This is a recording from VoicesDivine.com. To see our full range of podcasts and our terms of use, go to www.voicesdivine.com. This is John Iron reading from the Baha'i World News Service. 28 December, 2008 - HAIFA, Israel - Work has begun on a four-year restoration project on the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, one of the holiest sites in the Baha'i world and Haifa's best-known landmark. The Shrine of the Báb stands at the center of the Baha'i gardens, on the side of Mount Carmel overlooking Haifa Bay and the Mediterranean Sea. The gardens and shrine are among the most visited sites in Israel. The domed structure was completed 55 years ago and now requires restoration and updating, including structural reinforcement against earthquakes, restoration of stonework, replacement of iron decorative elements with stainless steel, upgrading of the electrical system, and refurbishment of the dome with new tiles. There will be no change in the design, use or general appearance of the building. The work will be undertaken in such a way to keep the shrine open to both Baha'i pilgrims and the general public throughout most of the project, except during summer months. Starting in May or June of 2009, the structure will be covered with scaffolding and canvas sheeting for about two years. The project will cost approximately US$6 million, with funds coming entirely from the voluntary contributions of the Baha'is of the world. The shrine is the burial place of the Bab, revered by Baha'is as a Messenger of God and one of the Central Figures of the Baha'i Faith. The Bab was executed in 1850 in the public square in Tabriz, Iran, and His remains later brought to Haifa, where they were laid to rest in the present location in 1909. The original building covering the tomb was a one-story rectangle. The domed superstructure - made of granite and marble quarried in Italy, with gilded roof tiles from the Netherlands - was added later and was completed in 1953. The burial place of the Báb, and that of Bahá'u'lláh near Acre, north of Haifa, are considered by Baha'is to be the most sacred places on earth.  Earlier this year, the two shrines and their surrounding gardens were chosen by UNESCO as World Heritage sites (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1220/) - part of the cultural heritage of humanity. To read the article with accompanying photo goto news.bahai.org/story/684. For more Baha'i audio including recordings of the writings, prayers, news, and community messages of the Baha'i Faith, go to www.voicesdivine.com (http://www.voicesdivine.com). VoicesDivine no 2:41