More than 1,000 people from across Papua New Guinea (PNG) gathered in Port Moresby on Saturday for the inauguration ceremony of the country’s national Bahá’í House of Worship. The program continued on Sunday, welcoming another 3,000 people to join in celebrating the historic occasion.

The program on Saturday included remarks by Kessia Ruh, a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors in Australasia whom the Universal House of Justice named as its representative to the event. Mrs. Ruh read a letter from the House of Justice addressed to the gathering, which stated: “Purity of heart, deep spirituality, and unshakeable faith—these attributes are inherent in the noble people of Papua New Guinea, ... they are the foundation upon which the House of Worship has been built.”

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