Green Acre
Green Acre Bahá’í School (or just Green Acre) is one of three leading institutions that operate in the United States with the purpose of promoting the interest of the Bahá’í Faith through study and deepening on the Writings and topics related to the Faith. This is done primarily through weekend-long courses held on the campus of the institute and conducted by knowledgeable Bahá’ís.
A begining[edit]
The Greenacre Hotel is mentioned in the first few days of newspaper.com's collection in 1898.[1] Sarah Farmer had begun work on making it a place for the American encounter with eastern religions circa 1894 following the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions. The first prominent religious guest was Swami Vivekananda in 1894. Sarah Farmer, first mentioned in the newspaper in 1899,[2] is known as becoming a Baha'i in 1900 during a period of great personal turmoil. She is noted as having left for Palestine by May 1900.[3] By July 1901 Baha'i Edward Kinney is noted managing the music program at Greenacre.[4]
Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl is known to have attended in 1903 and a growth of pine trees was named the "Persian Pines" because of his lectures there.
Ali Kuli Khan and his family are noted as having stayed the in the area for 1905 including Greenacre leaving on a trip in 1906.[5] The local newspaper mentions the Bab in March 1909[6] and two talks are noted at Greenacre in August by Mirza Sinore Raifle on the Baha'i Faith.[7][8] Raiffe was a translator who accompanied Abdu'l-Baha's first emissary to America circa 1900. There are two talks by Baha'is in July 1910 - Mason Remey and Mirza Raffie.[9] Raffie talks again in July 1910.[10] In Star of the West Mason Remey reports of five meetings with talks of the Baha'i Faith in August 1910 also noting Mirza Sinore Raffie present.[11]
‘Abdu’l-Bahá stayed there in 1912 and Mírzá Fadil-i-Mazindarani in 1920. In the 1913 Green Acre came into Bahá’í hands, and in 1929 it was converted into a summer school facility.
Location[edit]
Green Acre is located in 938 Main Street, Eliot, ME 03903
Contact Information[edit]
Phone: (207) 439-7200
Fax: (207) 438-9940
E-mail: greenacre [at] usbnc.org
Upcoming Sessions[edit]
Sister Schools[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Frank D. Staples…, The Portsmouth Herald, 6 January 1898 • Page 4
- ↑ Miss Sarah…, The Portsmouth Herald, 30 March 1899 • Page 4
- ↑ Activity in Eliot, The Portsmouth Herald, 11 May 1900 • Page 1
- ↑ The weeks Lectures, The Portsmouth Herald, 15 July 1901 • Page 1
- ↑ To leave for Persia, The Portsmouth Herald, 2 April 1906 • Page 4
- ↑ The Bab, The Portsmouth Herald, 1 March 1909 • Page 2
- ↑ Events of Eliot, The Portsmouth Herald, 19 August 1909 • Page 8
- ↑ Fridays program…, The Portsmouth Herald, 26 August 1909 • Page 8
- ↑ Raffie is pictured in 1900 in Peter Smith (2004). Bahá'ís in the West. Kalimat Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-890688-11-0., see Events in Eliot, The Portsmouth Herald, 27 July 1910 • Page 4
- ↑ At Green Acre…, The Portsmouth Herald, 28 July 1910 • Page 4
- ↑ Green Acre, Maine, Star of the West (then called Bahai News), August 20, 1910, p. 13-14
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