Bahai Library Online

Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

World Canada
   

Date 1992-1, sorted by date, ascending

date event tags firsts
1992 17 Oct
199-		 The passing of Helen Hornby, compiler of Lights of Guidance (1) and Lights of Guidance (2). - Biography; - In Memoriam; Helen Hornby
1992 24 – 28 Oct
199-		 The first Bahá'í Autumn School of Central Asia was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, attended by more than 200 Bahá'ís and many others. [BINS284:2] Autumn schools; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Central Asia; Firsts, other; Kyrgyzstan
1992 25 Oct – 11 Nov
199-		 Prince Alfred von Lichtenstein toured ten cities in Japan delivering memorial lectures celebrating the centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW92–3:132] Alfred von Lichtenstein, Prince; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Centenaries; Japan
1992 22 – 23 Nov
199-		 The Bahá'í Faith was mentioned in the media of Mozambique for the first time with three write-ups in Notices, the only newspaper in Maputo, and announcements on Radio Maputo and Radio Mozambique. [BINS292:7] Maputo, Mozambique; Media (communication); Mozambique
1992 23 – 26 Nov
199-		 The Second World Congress was held in New York City to commemorate the centenary of the passing of Bahá'u'lláh and the completion of the Six Year Plan. It was attended by some 28,000 Bahá'ís from some 180 countries. [BBD240; VV136-141; BW92-93p95-102, 136]
  • Nine auxiliary conferences were held in Buenos Aires, Sydney, New Delhi, Nairobi, Panama City, Bucharest, Moscow, Apia and Singapore. [BINS283:3-4]
  • For pictures see [BINS283:9-10], [BW92-3p100] and [VV136-141]
  • "New York will become a blessed spot from which the call to steadfastness in the Covenant and Testament of God will go forth to every part of the world." - 'Abdu'l-Bahá [AWH77-8 90-1 105-6]
  • On the 25th of November a concert was held in Carnegie Hall as a birthday tribute to Dizzy Gillespie called "Celebrating the Bahá'í Vision of World Peace". [VV141]
  • On the 26th of November Bahá'ís around the world were linked together by a live satellite broadcast serving the second Bahá'í World Congress, the nine auxiliary conferences and the Bahá'í World Centre and it was received by those with access to satellite dish antennas. [BINS283:1–5, 8; BINS286:10; BINS287:4]
  • For the message of the Universal House of Justice read on the satellite link see BW92–3:37–4.
  • For accounts of personal experiences by some of the attendees see In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Bahá'í World Congress and Holy Year by J. Michael Kafes.
  • The film, 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Mission to America, made by Elizabeth Martin, was prepared for the World Congress program and also used in the Theme Pavilion. [HNWE45]
    		• - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Film; `Abdu'l-Bahá: Mission to America (film); Apia, Samoa; Argentina; Australia; Bahá'í World Congress, Second (1992); Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Bucharest, Romania; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Carnegie Hall, New York; Centenaries; Conferences, Bahá'í; Dizzy Gillespie; Elizabeth Martin; India; J. Michael Kafes; Kenya; Moscow, Russia; Nairobi, Kenya; New Delhi, India; New York, USA; Panama; Romania; Russia; Samoa; Singapore; Sydney, Australia; United States (USA)
    1992 Dec
    199-    		 The Universal House of Justice announced its decision to establish an Office for the Advancement of Women at the headquarters of the Bahá'í International Community in New York. Support for UN efforts to improve the status of women, which had been carried out for twenty years by the United Nations Office, continued uninterrupted under the auspices of this new office. At annual sessions of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, statements addressed appropriate topics on the agenda, such as partnership between women and men, the status of girl children, the participation of women in decision making, partnership for development, and the human rights of women. [VV29; 54; BIC Document #: 95-0228; BW92–3:136]
  • The Office for the Advancement of Women officially opened its doors on the 26th of May, 1993. [BINS296:2; BW93–4:83–9; VV29] For pictures see BW93–4:83, 86.
    		• - BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; New York, USA; Office for the Advancement of Women; Social and economic development; United States (USA); Women
    1992 26 – 30 Dec
    199-    		 The first National Bahá'í Winter School of Bulgaria was held in Lovech, attended by 130 Bahá'ís. [BINS286:1–2] Bulgaria; First summer and winter schools; Lovech, Bulgaria; Winter schools
    Home divider Site Map divider Series divider Chronology
    search   Author divider Title divider Date divider Tags
    Adv. search divider Languages divider Inventory
    Links divider About divider Contact divider RSS divider New
    smaller font
    larger font