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| 1941. 15 Oct |
The first Bahá'í group was formed in Quito.
[Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p5] |
Quito,Ecuado |
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| 1942. 9 Jun - 15 Feb 1943 |
John Stearns began sponsoring a radio program
in Quito under the auspices of his small business, "Kandy Kitchen",
which presented classical music and readings from the Bahá'í Writings. These broadcasts came over short wave (32.05 meter,
9355 Kc) Monday evenings at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. The broadcasts could be heard all over South America and
occasionally in Spain.
The Bahá'í Radio Hour, "Words and Music" was
broadcasted every Sunday from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM and a program called "Bahá'í Echo" three times a week Monday, Wednesday and Friday from
9:15 to 9:30 PM.
[Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p5] |
Quito; Ecuador |
Baha'i Radio; John Sterns |
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| 1946. 14 Sep |
The first native Ecuadorian woman to accept the Faith was Judith Franco.
[Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p21] |
Quito; Ecuador |
Judith Franco |
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| 1947. Ridván |
The first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Quito was established. Those elected were: Hascle Coxnbleth, Chaixman, Eithel Santos, Recording Secretary,
Hans Levy, Vice-chairman, Eloy Maran, Treasurer,
Hans Dory, Secretary, Nelson Sanchez, Librarian,
Rosario Vera B., Jose Elias Cedeño, ama
Lais Alcivar Z. [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p.33] |
Quito; Ecuador |
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| 1953. 23 May |
The Hand of the Cause of God, Mr. Valiollah Vargha, arrived in Guayaquil accompanied by Miss Eve Nicklin, a pioneer and the spiritual mother of Perú. He also visited Quito and left the country in early July to attend the conference in Stockholm. [Heroes of God pp53-54] |
Guayaquil; Ecuador; Quito; Ecuador |
Valiollah Vargha; Hand of the Cause; Eve Nicklin |
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| 1979 29 Dec |
Rahmatu’lláh Muhájir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá’u’lláh, passed away in Quito, Ecuador. (b. 4 April 1923 in 'Abdu'l-'Azím) [BW18:486, 651]
Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii]
For his obituary see BW18:651–9.
See BWNS353 for news of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his passing in Quito.
See also Dr Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh by Írán Furútan Muhájir.
See Bahá'í Chronicles.
For stories about Dr Mahájir see Bahá'í Memories.
See Academic Wikipedia.
See Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity
by Richard Francis.
A photo.
See as well LoF455-461.
The 25th anniversary of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir's death was marked in Ecuador by a Growth and Victories conference and graveside ceremony, including a talk by his daughter Gisu Mohadjer Cook. BWNS353] |
Quito; Ecuador; Abdul-Azim; Iran |
Rahmatullah Muhajir; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Knights of Bahaullah; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; BWNS |
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| 1982 6 – 8 Aug |
A Bahá’í International Conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf was held in Quito, Ecuador, attended by some 1,450 Bahá’ís from 43 countries. [BW18:100; VV61]
For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW18:157–8.
For a pictorial report see BW18:141–3. |
Quito; Ecuador |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, International; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf) |
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| 2008 22 – 23 Nov |
Regional Conferences were held in Quito, Ecuador, New Delhi, India, Kolkata, India, and Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [BWNS673] |
Quito; Ecuador; New Delhi; India; Kolkata (Calcutta); Lubumbashi; Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC) |
Regional Conferences; BWNS |
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