Monaco
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| Total Population | ||
| - | UN 2021[1] | 36,686 |
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| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 75 |
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| - | Local Bahá'í | 1955, Margaret Lantz |
| - | Pioneers | 1953, Nellie French 1954, Shamsi Navidi 1954, Olivia Kelsey 1954, Florence Ullrich 1954, Aziz Navidi |
| - | Local Assembly | 1955 |
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The Principality of Monaco is an independent city-state located within France. It has been independent since 1814.
The Bahá’í Faith was introduced to Monaco in 1953 and a community was firmly established in just a few years with a Local Spiritual Assembly being established in 1955. The Monagasque Bahá’í community is administrated by a single Local Spiritual Assembly.
History[edit]
Shoghi Effendi made establishing a Bahá’í community in Monaco a goal of the international Bahá’í community when he launched the Ten Year Crusade in 1953. Nellie French pioneered to the city in September, 1953, and passed away at her post in January, 1954.[2]
Monaco was reopened to the Faith when Shamsi Navidi pioneered with her two daughters in March, 1954, and they were joined by two American Bahá’ís, Olivia Kelsey and Florence Ullrich, in March then her husband, Aziz, in November.[3][4] The pioneers taught the Faith through private meetings with guest speakers and weekly firesides and Margaret Lantz of Luxembourg became the first person to declare in Monaco in 1955. Before the end of the year Mr. Charbonnet, who was French, declared and then Charlotte Campana became the first native Monagasque Bahá’í.[4][5]
In 1955 the Local Spiritual Assembly of Monaco was established. In 1956 the Monaco Bahá’í community presented gifts to Prince Rainier, Monaco's Head of State, for his wedding to Grace Kelly,[4] with Olivia Kelsey presenting the couple with a copy of a Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.[6]
In 1962 and 1963 extensive teaching work was undertaken in Monaco with several teaching conferences and firesides being held in Monte Carlo and travel teachers, including Hand of the Cause Ugo Giachery, visiting to support the local community and by 1963 there were twenty Bahá’ís in the city. The first Bahá’í wedding of Monaco took place in early 1963 with the daughter of a pioneer marrying a local Monagasque Bahá’í.[7] In 1964 Hand of the Cause Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí visited Monaco speaking at a meeting in Monte Carlo.[8]
In 1967 the Prince of Monaco granted official recognition to the Bahá’í Faith in Monaco granting the Monagasque Bahá’í community complete freedom in its public and private activities,[9] and in November that year the Mayor of Monaco spoke at a Bahá’í Proclamation Congress.[10] In October 1969 the Monagasque Bahá’ís held a public conference to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of the Báb which was attended by fifty-two members of the wider community,[11] and that year Hand of the Cause Ugo Giachery and his wife Angeline Giachery moved their primary residence to Monaco.[12]
In 1971 the Bahá’í community of Monaco sponsored a conference to commemorate the United Nations International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination held at the House of Youth and Culture of Monaco,[13] and in 1972 the Mayor of Monaco granted a Bahá’í delegation an audience at which they were presented with a copy of The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh.[14] In 1987 a copy of The Promise of World Peace message from the Universal House of Justice was presented to the Prince of Monaco through his State Minister,[15] and Hand of the Cause Rúḥíyyih Khánum visited the country.[16] In January 1993 the Bahá’ís of Monaco sponsored a Symposium on the Environment in Monte Carlo which received press coverage.[17]
In 2001 a compilation of Bahá’í Writings translated into Monagasque was presented to the Crown Prince of Monaco and in 2004 over three hundred people attended a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in Monaco which was held at the Theatre des Varietes in Monte Carlo. The postal authorities of Monaco issued a commemorative postal mark for the anniversary.[18]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ↑ Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 341
- ↑ Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 344
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 339, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 345
- ↑ Baha'i News (1982). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 613, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 387, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1965). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 408, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 439, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1968). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 445, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 466, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 466, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 496, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1973). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 504, Pg(s) 24. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1988). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 683, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1988). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 684, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1993). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 21 (1992-1993), Pg(s) 139. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/299/
