Lyon
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 First French National Teaching Conference, Lyons, 1953.
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| Official Website | https://lyon-bahai.fr/ | |
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Lyon is a city in France. It is the second largest city in France geographically and by population.
History[edit]
In 1908 Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney delivered a talk on the Faith in Lyons and in 1910 Egyptian Bahá’í Mohamed Sálíh moved to Lyons to study medicine living in the city until 1913.[1]
May Maxwell actively taught the Faith in Lyons in April, 1936, and several young people became Bahá’ís. The Local Spiritual Assembly of Lyons was established in 1940,[2] and a Bahá’í youth group was established in March, 1941. The youth group began holding regular meetings and began distributing Bahá’í literature.[3] The Second World War significantly disrupted the Bahá’í community of France and the Lyons Assembly lapsed, however Lucienne Migette remained active in teaching the Faith in the city throughout the war.[4]
After the war teaching work resumed in France with the Bahá’í community of Paris focusing on teaching efforts in Lyons in 1947.[5] Several people declared in Lyons in 1948 and a Local Spiritual Assembly was re-established in 1949.[6] The first Bahá’í National Teaching Conference was held in the city in 1953,[7] and a Regional Teaching Conference was held in 1958.[8]
In the 1970's the Local Spiritual Assesmbly of Lyons held commemorations of United Nations Day and Human Rights Day and a fifteen day exhibition on the Faith was held at the University of Lyons Law School.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://lyon-bahai.fr/a-lyon/
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 610. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 9 (1940-1944), Pg(s) 519. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 177, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1948). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 203, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1948). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 203, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 269, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 338, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1978). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 16 (1973-1976), Pg(s) 295. View as PDF.
