Ten Days in the Light of Acca

About this film

LibriVox recording of Ten Days in the Light of Acca by Julia M. Grundy. Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater. This work is the story of a pilgrimage made over a hundred years ago by a group of American pilgrims. They were not headed for Canterbury, Rome or Jerusalem. Rather, they were headed for an historical but remote prison-city in a far corner of the Ottoman Empire. ‘Akká (Akko), now a city in Israel which attracts thousands of Bahá’í pilgrims each year, was but little thought of in that early period. It was originally the final place of exile and imprisonment for Bahá’u’lláh, a Persian nobleman who proclaimed that He was the Promised One of all religions and Messenger of God for this day and age. It was also the home of His eldest son, ‘Abbás Effendí, known as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Servant of Bahá), or Áqá (the Master), who was the leader of the Bahá’í Faith after Bahá’u’lláh’s passing in 1892. The first Western Bahá’í pilgrims arrived in 1898, which was then followed by a nearly continuous stream of pilgrims that has now grown into a river of devoted followers from all parts of the globe. The Bahá’í Faith was a little known religion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but has now…

Directors & creators

Julia M. Grundy

Subjects

Bahá’í; Bahá’í Faith; Baha'i; Bahai; ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; Abdu'l-Baha; Abdul-Baha; Abbas Effendi; ‘Akká; Akka; Akko; Acca; Acre; Mount Carmel; Bahji; Haifa; Israel; Palestine; Holy Land; pilgrimage; pilgrim's notes; religion; history; philosophy; instruction; Julia M. Grundy; Howard MacNutt; audiobook; librivox

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