King of Festivals Riḍván

Followers of the Bahá’í Faith around the world are currently celebrating the 12 day long Festival of Ridvan which commences on the 21st of April and culminates on the 2nd of May. Ridvan means paradise.
The Ridvan Festival is the most important festival in the Baha’i Faith. Baha’u’llah Himself designated Ridvan as the “Most Great Festival” and the “King of Festivals” while Shogi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith described Ridvan as “the holiest and most significant of all Bahá’í festivals” (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 212).

  The holy period of Ridvan commemorates the proclamation of Baha’u’llah to the world that He is the Promised One awaited by all the religions of the world.
Through Baha’u’llah’s proclamation, the Messianic prophecies found in the sacred scriptures of the religions of the world were fulfilled. To Jews He was the Lord of Hosts, to Hindus the Kalki Avatar, to Zoroastrians the Shah Bahram, to Buddhists the Maitreya Amitabha, to Christians Christ returned in the Glory of the Father, to Muslims the Great Announcement and to Bab’is He whom God shall make manifest.