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| 1977 (In the year) 197- |
The publication of Call to the Nations, by Shoghi Effendi. It was composed of selections from the writings of the Guardian's "World Order letters" chosen by the Universal House of Justice and offered as a light and a guidance to all humankind in a "dark period of our history".
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Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; * Publications; Call to the Nations (book); Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 1977 (In the year) 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Thailand re-formed. | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Thailand | |
| 1977 (In the year) 197- |
The first Macuxi people to become Bahá'ís enrolled in the northern state of Roraima, Brazil. | Macuxi people; Roraima, Brazil; Brazil | first Macuxi Bahá’ís in Brazil |
| 1977 19 – 22 Jan 197- |
An International Teaching Conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand, attended by 1,195 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Auckland, NZ; New Zealand; - Asia-Pacific | |
| 1977 27 – 30 Jan 197- |
An International Teaching Conference was held in Bahia, Brazil, attended by 1,300 Bahá'ís, the largest such gathering of Bahá'ís to date in Brazil. [BW17:81; VV33]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Bahia, Brazil; Brazil; Latin America | |
| 1977 4 – 6 Feb 197- |
An International Teaching Conference was held in Mérida, Mexico, attended by more than 2,000 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Teaching; Merida, Mexico; Mexico; Latin America | |
| 1977 24 Mar 197- |
In a cabled message, the Universal House of Justice called upon Bahá'í women around the world to arise and play an active role in the service of the Faith. [BW17:202]
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Women | |
| 1977 Apr 197- |
The first National Bahá'í Children's Conference of Samoa took place. [BW17:211] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Children; - First conferences; Samoa | first National Bahá’í Children’s Conference of Samoa |
| 1977 16 – 17 Apr 197- |
The first annual Bahá'í Studies Seminar supported by the Departments of Religious Studies and of Sociology at the University of Lancaster, England, took place. [BW18:204] | Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Firsts, other; Bahá'í studies; Conferences, Other; Lancaster, England; United Kingdom | first annual Bahá’í Studies Seminar England |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) was formed with its seat in Ouagadougou. [BW17pxviii, 141, 341]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Upper Volta, Burkina Faso | first NSA Upper Volta |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Marshall Islands was formed with its seat in Majuro. [BW17:174]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Majuro, Marshall Islands; Marshall Islands | first NSA Marshall Islands |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the New Hebrides was formed with its seat in Port Vila. Since 1964 it had been administered by the National Spiritual Assembly of the South West Pacific Ocean. With the name change it became the National Spiritual Assembly of Vanuatu on 30 July 1980. [BW17:xxviii,186, 341]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Vanuatu | first NSA New Hebrides |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Greece was formed with its seat in Athens.This had been a goal of the German community. [BW16:287; BW17:190] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Athens, Greece; Greece | first NSA Greece |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Suriname and French Guiana was formed with its seat in Paramaribo. [BW16:219, 341]. | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Suriname; French Guiana | first NSA Surinam and French Guiana |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The Bahá'ís of Guyana elected an independent assembly while Surinamé and French Guiana communities organized their own national assembly. The elected members of the first National Assembly of Guyana were Sheila Dolphin, Henry Dolphin, Ellen Widmer, Frank Sheffey, Ivan Fraser, Eileen Hill, David Morris, Rooplall Doodnauth, and Krishna Seegopaul. [BN No 555 June 1977 p11] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Guyana | |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The first National Spiritual Assembly of the French Antilles was formed with its seat in Pointe a Pitre in Guadeloupe. [BW17pxviii, 336; Guadeloupe by Daniel Caillaud]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; French West Indies; Guadeloupe; Îles des Saintes, Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe; St. Barthélemy; Desirade Island, Guadeloupe; St. Martin Island | first National Spiritual Assembly of the French Antilles is formed. |
| 1977 Ridván 197- |
The first National Spiritual Assembly of the unified nation of Vietnam was elected. [Bahaipedia] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Vietnam | |
| 1977 May 197- |
The Himalayan Conference was held in Gangtok, Sikkim. [BW17:180–2] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Gangtok, Sikkim; Sikkim, India; India | |
| 1977 May 197- |
Paul and Jane Jensen arrived on Andros Island in the Bahamas, the first Bahá'ís to reside on the island. | - First travel teachers and pioneers; Andros Island | first Bahá’ís to reside on Andros Island |
| 1977 14 May 197- |
The house of a Bahá'í in Fádilábád, Iran, was attacked; the Bahá'í was killed and his sister severely injured. [BW18:391]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Fadilabad, Iran; Iran | |
| 1977 31 May 197- |
Joe Rabess, the first Carib to become a Bahá'í, enrolled in Dominica. | Joe Rabess; Dominica | first Carib Bahá’í, in Dominica |
| 1977 Jun 197- |
At the behest of the Universal House of Justice, two conferences were held for Persian-speaking Bahá'ís resident in Europe, one in Germany and one in London. [BW17:194] | Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, International; Conferences, Persian-speaking Bahá'ís; Diaspora, Persian; Germany; London, England; United Kingdom; - Europe | |
| 1977 11 Jun 197- |
The centenary of the termination of Bahá'u'lláh's confinement in 'Akká was commemorated at the World Centre. [BW17:64] | Centenaries; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 1977 Jul 197- |
The first Bahá'í summer school of Ecuador was held in Cuenca. [BW17:170] | Cuenca, Ecuador; Ecuador | first Bahá’í summer school of Ecuador |
| 1977 5 Jul 197- |
The passing of Mírzá Ahmad Khán Yazdání Kasrawí (b. April 24, 1891) in Tehran. Born into a Muslim family he learned of the Faith from a peddler and then studied under Hand of the Cause Ibni-Abhár and from the renowned teacher, Aflavén-i's-Safé and became an avowed believer at the age of twenty-two.
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Ahmad Yazdani; - In Memoriam; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
| 1977 12 – 14 Aug 197- |
An International Bahá'í Youth Conference was held in Enugu, Nigeria, attended by over 250 Bahá'ís from 19 countries. [BW17:150, 153] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; Enugu, Nigeria; Nigeria; - Africa | |
| 1977 16 Aug 197- |
The passing of Annamarie Honnold (b. 23 December 1914 in Urbana, Illinois) in Kennet Square, PA, USA. She was an American Bahá'í author, teacher and United Nations representative. Her mother became a Bahá'í a year after her birth and in 1921 the parents and their two daughters, Annamarie and Margaret Rosa, went on pilgrimage and met 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
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- In Memoriam; Annamarie Honnold; Urbana, IL; Kennett Square, PA; Pennsylvania, USA; United States (USA) | |
| 1977 14 Sep 197- |
The first Spiritual Assembly of the Galapagos was established on the island of Santa Cruz. The members of this first local Spiritual Assembly of Puerto Oyora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos were: Sr. Catlos Patino, Sr. Golo Paredes, Sta. Nilda Pena, Srta. Ester Margarlta Panedei, Sr. Gonzalo Salinas, Sra. Luzmila Villacis de Salinas, Sra. Vilma de Arguello, Sra. Soila Robaliino, and Sr. Victor Hugo Arguello. . [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p82] | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Puerto Ayora, Galápagos; Santa Cruz, Galápagos; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Ecuador | the first Spiritual Assembly of the Galapagos |
| 1977 16 Sep 197- |
In Uganda, 27 religious organizations were banned, including the Bahá'í Faith, and the Bahá'í House of Worship was closed. [BW17:81]
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Persecution, Uganda; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; LSA; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Kampala; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Uganda | |
| 1977 Oct 197- |
The Bahá'í Faith, along with many other religious groups, were banned in Uganda. The National Assembly and 1,550 local assemblies were dissolved. The ban was lifted in April of 1979 and the community began the process to re-build. [BWNS135; BW17:141]
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Persecution, Uganda; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Uganda | |
| 1977 21 Sep 197- |
The government of Idi Amin in Uganda banned all religion groups but for four. President Amin, who was a Moslem convert, granted the freedom of worship only to Islam and the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches. The vast majority of Christians belonged to the Anglican and Catholic churches. Some of those organizations banned had been included in previous bans imposed by President Amin in 1973 and 1975. [CG113]
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Persecution, Uganda; Uganda | |
| 1977 12 Oct 197- |
The first Bahá'í educational and cultural radio station, HCRN-1 Radio Bahá'í del Ecuador, made its inaugural broadcast at 1420kHz, 20 watts, in Spanish and Quechua from studios in Otavalo. [BBD193; BW17:169, 215–17; BW19:120; VV77; Mess63-86p373]
| Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í-owned radio; Firsts, other; Education; Otavalo, Ecuador; Cahas, Ecuador; Ecuador |
first Bahá’í educational and cultural radio station in Ecuador makes inaugural broadcast |
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| 1977 13 – 16 Oct 197- |
The Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference was held in New Delhi, attended by more than a thousand women from across Asia. 1,200 women from 36 countries were in attendance. [BW17:180]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Women; Women; New Delhi, India; India; - Asia | |
| 1977 17 Oct 197- |
At the end of the Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum laid the foundation stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent. [BW17:85, 180, 368–70; VV35] | * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Women; New Delhi, India; India; - Asia | |
| 1977 Dec 197- |
The restoration of the house of 'Abdu'lláh Páshá began. [BW17:84] | House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá (Akká); - Restoration and renovation; Akka, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |
| 1977 Dec 197- |
The first International Conference of Bahá'í Women in South America was held in Lima, Peru, attended by 200 women from 12 countries. [BW17:172]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, International; Conferences, Women; Women; - First conferences; Lima, Peru; Peru | first International Conference of Bahá’í Women in South America |
| 1977 Dec 197- |
Properties confiscated by the Iraqi government belonging to individual Bahá'ís were returned; properties and funds belonging to the Faith were turned over to the Ministry of the Interior for disposal. [BW17:80] | Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iraq | |
| 1977 15 Dec 197- |
The Hemispheric Bahá'í Radio and Television Conference was held in Panama, with 125 participants from 24 countries. [BW17:219; Mess63-86] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Other; Bahá'í Radio; Television; Media (communication); Panama | |
| 1977 27 – 30 Dec 197- |
The first Bahá'í summer school of Sierra Leone was held in Magburaka. [BW17:151] | First summer and winter schools; Magburaka, Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone | first Bahá’í summer school of Sierra Leone |
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