West Berkshire Bahá'i community

A regular 'thought for the month' is just one of four new features added to the Thames Valley Bahai Community website, to give visitors the opportunity to learn more about the Bahá’í Faith.

All 'thoughts for the month' - launched today by Thames Valley Baha’i Community are being taken from selected writings of the Bahá’í Faith.

A regular 'thought for the month' Bahai webpost is being launched by the Thames Valley Baha’i Community.

The annual Bahá’i festival - Festival of Ridvan - is a special day for Bahá’is across the Thames Valley.

The next trial session for the seven Bahá'í leaders in Iran - scheduled for Saturday 10 April - is prompting prayers from around the world, including from members of the Bahá'í Faith in West Berkshire.

What it means to be a Bahá'í was the central theme at St Gabriel's Independent Day School for Girls during a lesson about the Bahá'í Faith to coincide with Naw-Ruz, the Faith’s New Year’s Day.

Commitment to a spiritual awakening is what Naw-Ruz means to Bahá'í s in West Berkshire.

West Berkshire's Bahai Community is opening its celebration of Naw-Ruz - the Bahá'í New Year - to people who want to learn more about the Bahá'í Faith.

Women's empowerment is fundamental to the theme of 2010 International Women's Day. Members of West Berkshire’s Bahá'i community have voiced their thoughts on 'Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities, Progress for All' - the theme for the day.

7 February was a particularly poignant day for West Berkshire Bahá'i Ferdous Khorassani - she marked her 70th birthday in freedom, but her heart was in her birthplace of Iran.