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"lighten and uplift
them, so that they may soar on the wings of the Divine verses"
-Baha'u'llah
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Historic 18-week conference series
comes to an end
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KIEV,
Ukraine,
3 March 2009 - The historic series of 41
Baha’i conferences that began four months ago
in southern Africa wrapped up last weekend in
eastern Europe with a gathering in the Ukrainian
capital of Kiev.
Some
730 people – mostly from Ukraine, Russia,
Moldova, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania
and Latvia – attended the Kiev event, which
like all 41 of the conferences was convened by
the Universal House of Justice.
An
estimated total of 77,700 people participated in
the series, which began 1 November and continued
for 18 consecutive weeks, spanning the globe and
attracting Baha’is from the largest Western
cities to the smallest villages in South Sea
islands. |
A total of 77,700
people participated in the 41 conferences, held
in cities around the globe. Shown here in Kiev
are Zafar Hamraev of Moscow and Eugenia
Poluektova of Kiev.
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Two of the
gatherings – in Los Angeles and Sydney – drew more
than 5,000 participants, and Frankfurt and Toronto each
passed the 4,000 mark.
Baha’is
around the world were inspired with stories of sacrifice
and dedication as people walked long distances or braved
difficult conditions in order to celebrate achievements
in community-building activities and consult on future
plans.
Attendance
at almost all the conferences far surpassed initial
estimates, often sending organizers scrambling to find
larger venues or additional rooms to accommodate the
overflow crowd.
The
conferences came at the half-way point of a five-year
plan to establish Baha’i activities in neighborhoods
and villages around the world.
For links to
reports of the conferences, go to
http://news.bahai.org/community-news/regional-conferences/
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