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A gathering of Baha'is at the Temple
in Ishqabad, Russia |
One of the
characteristics of Bahá'í society will be the gathering of the believers each
day during the hours between dawn and two hours after sunrise to listen to the
reading and chanting of the Holy Word. In many communities at the present time,
especially in rural ones, such gatherings would fit naturally into the pattern
of the friends' daily life, and where this is the case it would do much to
foster the unity of the Local community and deepen the friends' knowledge of
the Teachings if such gathering could be organized by the Local Spiritual
Assembly on a regular basis. Attendance at these gatherings is not to be
obligatory, but we hope that the friends will more and more be drawn to take
part in them. This is a goal which can be attained gradually."
(From the
Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of the World, Naw-Ruz, 1974;
compilation: Lights of Guidance)
