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1992 May 29
199-		 The Chamber of Deputies of the government of Brazil paid homage to Bahá'u'lláh. [Bahá'í Newsreel Volume 3 Number 2] [UHJMessage 30Mar92]
  • The tribute to Bahá'u'lláh was paid at a plenary session of that body and following that session members joined Post Office officials in the formal launching of a commemorative postage stamp. [VV133]
    		•  Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Holy Years; Stamps (philately); Brazil
    1992 May 29
    199-    		 The Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh was commemorated at the Guardian's Resting Place in London. Shoghi Effendi, Resting place of (London); Centenaries; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; London, England; United Kingdom
    1992 29 May
    199-    		 A statement titled Bahá'u'lláh was published by the office of the Bahá'í International Community Office of Public Information in New York marking the centenary of the passing of Bahá'u'lláh. It was bound as a booklet and given wide distribution in many national communities.

    The statement was formally released at a press conference in Bombay, India by Hassan Sabri. [VV126]

    		Bahá'u'lláh (statement); Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Bahá'í International Community; Office of Public Information; Hassan Sabri; * Bahaullah (chronology); * Bahá'u'lláh; - Statements; * Publications; Mumbai, India; India
    1992 28 May
    199-    		 Ibsen Valls Pinheiro, President of the Federal Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, opened a special session of the Chamber called to observe the Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, attended by 45 federal deputies. [BINS271:2; BW92–3:121]
  • For picture see BW92–3:122. Note: VV133 says this was 29 May.
    		•  Ibsen Valls Pinheiro; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Centenaries; Brazil
    1992 May 29
    199-    		 The Commemoration of the Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí and the walk from the German Settlement to the Shrine of the Báb, the circumambulation of the Shrine and the walk to the Seat of the Universal House of Justice for the viewing of a projected portrait of Bahá'u'lláh, and a candle-lit programme of prayers and readings. The 3 a.m. observances circled the globe in some 71,000 localities with prayers and readings beginning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean time zone and going west. At 1PM in the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, there was a viewing of the passport photo of Bahá'u'lláh taken in 1868. [BINS271:1–2; BW92–3:96–7; VV129–30, SDSC367-368]
  • For the tribute to Bahá'u'lláh by the Universal House of Justice see BW92–3:31–6.
  • For pictures see BINS271:10 and VV129, 130.
    		•  Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Centenaries; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Holy days; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Bahá'í World Centre
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