Nineteen Day Feast
The Nineteen Day Feasts are regular community gatherings, occurring on the first day of each month of the Bahá'í calendar (and so most often nineteen days apart from each other). Each gathering consists of a Devotional, Administrative, and Social part. The devotional part of the Nineteen Day Feast can be compared to Sunday Services in Christianity or Friday Prayers in Islam, though the non-congregational nature of the Bahá'í Faith limits the usefulness of the comparison.
Famous quotes containing the words nineteen, day and/or feast:
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—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.”
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“There is no feast on earth which does not end in parting.”
—Chinese proverb.