June 9

Still other factors promoting the development of that Order and contributing to its consolidation have been the systematic institution of the Nineteen Day Feast, functioning in most Bahá'í communities in East and West, with its threefold emphasis on the devotional, the administrative and the social aspects of Bahá'í community life. (Shoghi Effendi, ‘God Passes By’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, The Nineteen Day Feast)