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 A Bahá’í wedding at the Ljubljana Bahá’í Centre, 2010.
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| Total Population | ||
| - | UN 2021[1] | 2,119,410 |
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| - | Bahá'í source | |
| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 611 |
| History: Firsts |
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| - | Local Assembly | 1991, Ljubljana |
| Official Website | http://www.bahai.si/ | |
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The Republic of Slovenia is a country in Central Europe. Slovene is the official language, with Italian and Hungarian also being recognised, and Christianity is the predominant religion.
In recent history the region was briefly governed by the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs from 1918 incorporating into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by December that year. In the 1940s parts of the region were annexed by Germany, Italy, and Hungary in the course of the Second World War until 1945 when it became Yugoslavia. The region of Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
A Bahá’í community was established in Slovenia in the 1990s and remains active to the present day.
History[edit]
Governmental restrictions prevented a Bahá’í community being established in Slovenia and as of 1963 there were no Bahá’ís residing in the region.[2] Following independence religious restrictions were relaxed in Croatia and in 1991 a Regional Teaching Committee for Croatia and Slovenia was established,[3] and the Local Spiritual Assembly of Ljubljana was established the same year going on to present Bahá’í literature to the President of Slovenia.[4] The first teaching conference of Croatia and Slovenia was held in Kranj, Slovenia, in January 1992,[5] and the Bahá’í Faith was officially recognised in Slovenia in April.[6]
In 1994 a joint National Spiritual Assembly for Slovenia and Croatia was established at a Regional Convention held in Ljubljana with Hand of the Cause ‘Alí-Muḥammad Varqá representing the Universal House of Justice at the event and the Director of Slovenia's Office of Religious Affairs sending a letter.[7] In 1999 a half hour program about the Bahá’í Faith was broadcast nationally on Slovenian television.[8]
In 2006 the National Assembly of Slovenia and Croatia was disbanded at the direction of the Universal House of Justice with two three member committees being appointed to administrate both countries Bahá’í communities independently.[9] In 2020 Bahá’í youth groups in Slovenia undertook grassroots efforts to increase awareness of ways to avoid transmission of the COVID-19 virus and to ensure individuals had access to food during lockdowns.[10]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ↑ Seena Fazel & Graham Hassall, 1998, 100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe, Baha'i Studies Review, 8, 35-44
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 220. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1996). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 23 (1994-1995), Pg(s) 35. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 205. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 221. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1996). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 23 (1994-1995), Pg(s) 33. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 116. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i Canada, 18(8), p 20
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/1407/
