Sammamish, WA, On May 22, the Bahá’ís of Sammamish will join Bahá’ís throughout the world in observing the anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb, the Prophet-Herald of the Bahá’í Faith.

The Sammamish Bahá’í community’s cerebration of the Declaration of the Báb will be held on Sunday night, at 9:30 p.m., at Eastside Baha’i Center in Bellevue (16007 Northeast 8^th).  The event is open to the general public.

The program commemorates the night of May 23, 1844 when a young man named Mirza ‘Alí-Muhammad declared, in Shiraz, Persia, that he was a prophet of God. He stated that his mission was to prepare the world for the appearance of the Lord of the Age-“Him Whom God shall make manifest.” He took the title, “The Báb,” which means, “The Gate,” and proclaimed that he was the herald of a new cycle in human history, the forerunner of another prophet who would soon usher in an age of world unity and peace. The first disciple of the Báb later wrote of the night when the Báb first declared his mission, “I sat spellbound by His utterance, oblivious of time and of those who awaited me. All the delights, all the ineffable glories, which the almighty has recounted in His Book as the priceless possessions of the people of Paradise-these I seemed to be experiencing.”

The Baha'i Faith, founded in Persia in 1844, is the youngest of the world's independent monotheistic religions and is one of the fastest-growing, with approximately 170,000 members throughout the United States and more than five million in the world.

Baha'is view the world's major religions as part of a single, progressive process through which God reveals His will to humanity. Major Baha'i tenets include the oneness of humanity, equality of men and women, eradication of prejudice, harmony of science and religion, universal education and world peace.

Please see the Sammamish Review news article http://sammamishreview.com/2011/01/18/faiths-celebrate-world-religion-day regarding this event which was held at Sammamish City hall on Sunday Jan. 16, 2011. 

See Sammamish Review news article regarding the Birth of Baha'u'llah: http://sammamishreview.com/2010/11/01/area-bahais-prepare-to-celebrate-founders-birthday

Building Healthy and United Families is the topic of the presentation that
will be given by Dr. Scott Tyler, Saturday Oct. 23, 2:00 pm, at the Sammamish
Library.   There will also be a live musical performance and
refreshments.  

The Birth of the Bab http://www.bahai.us/Birth_of_the_Bab  on Oct. 20
commemorates the 1819 birth in Shiraz, Persia, of Siyyid 'Ali-Muhammad, who
later took the title "the Bab," meaning "the Gate." The Bab was the herald
who prepared the way for Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith.  He
called on people to purify themselves for the coming day of God.