Summer Quran Recitation Sessions at Imam Reza Shrine Attended by Thousands

IQNA – More than 4,000 people participated in the Quran recitation sessions and Quranic circles for children and adolescents at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad this past summer.

This is according to Mohammad Moqavemmi, head of the Dar-ol-Quran Al-Karim Department of the holy shrine’s Astan (custodianship).

Among the popular Quranic programs that was well received by the audience during the summer were the Razavi Quran Recitation Sessions for Teenagers and the Quranic Circle for Razavi Children, he noted.

Moqavemmi said the two Quranic programs were held at the mausoleum’s Dar-ol-Quran Center during the summer on Wednesdays and Thursdays, two hours before the Maghrib call to prayer.

They were attended by more than 4,000 children and adolescents, as well as their families, he noted.

The official added that such Quranic gatherings for children and teenagers continue to be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the same venue.

The mausoleum of Imam Reza (AS) is visited by millions of pilgrims from across Iran and other countries every year.

4312645