334. Commemoration at the World Center of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf and Inauguration of

334

Commemoration at the World Center of the

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing

of the Greatest Holy Leaf and Inauguration of

the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

26 July 1982

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

334.1 We have been asked by the Universal House of Justice to share with you news of the observances at the World Center which marked the Fiftieth Anniversary of the passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf.

334.2 Before gathering around her monument for prayers, at the hour coincident with that of her passing, the friends at the World Center visited the Holy Shrines at midnight for recitation of the Tablets of Visitation. This observance was followed by an all-day seminar, on Saturday, 17 July, held in the main Hall on the ground floor of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice.

334.3 It was a source of deep satisfaction to the Universal House of Justice that the first gathering of the friends in this beautiful setting should have been such a meeting, dedicated to the memory of the Greatest Holy Leaf, whose resting-place is embosomed in the heart of that consecrated spot enfolded by the “far-flung arc” on which now already stand two of those structures constituting the World Administrative Center of the Faith.

334.4 This highly befitting inauguration of the use of the building, held in the presence of the three Hands of the Cause residing in the Holy Land, is a prelude to the fast-approaching day when the Universal House of Justice and its several Departments will occupy this majestic structure.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

Department of the Secretariat