Do you sing like a songbird and enjoy performing with other talented singers? Then you should know that the Baha'i House of Worship Choir is looking for a few good voices.

August 2008 update -- Restoration progresses at House of Worship

Prayer services at the Baha'i House of Worship seem to be simple affairs: a series of readers stepping up to the lectern to recite, chant or sing prayers.

To enable further restoration of the Baha'i House of Worship and begin construction of the new Visitors Center, the lower level of the temple, which currently houses the Visitors Center and bookstore, will be closed to the public for approximately one year, from May 19, 2008, to May 2009.

Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’u’llah’s eldest son and Successor, had a close association with the House of Worship even before it was built.

“It’s like a necklace for the House of Worship,” a visitor said in describing the hand railings that were recently installed at the House of Worship.

In 1901, French-Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois confided to a friend that his mission in life was to build a temple dedicated to truth.

May 18 is the last day the Baha'i Bookshop will be open before the lower level of the Baha'i House of Worship closes until May 2009.

It is with great anticipation that we announce the second annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival, to be held May 15-18 at the Baha’i House of Worship.

Not long after the first World’s Parliament of Religions introduced Americans to the Baha'i Faith at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Faith took hold and gradually gained momentum in the United States.