Category Archives: Religion
Course Announcement “Zoroastrian Concepts”
NAMC institute of Zoroastrian Studies
Read moreZoroastrian Studies Seminar Series At University of Toronto
Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series Winter-Spring 2023 University of Toronto The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in collaboration with the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation & the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America present Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series Winter-Spring 2023 Add event to calendar Register Now To Get ZOOM Link Add event to calendar Friday, January 20, 1:00 PM
Read moreMystery Of The Winged Human-Head Motif
Zoroastrians seem to have adopted the Fravahar or Farohar (often pre-fixed with the term Asho which means pure) as a symbol of the Zoroastrian religion. However, is it really a Zoroastrian religious symbol? What does it represent? What is the origin of this symbol? These and several other questions require deeper introspection. Is it a Zoroastrian symbol? In the history of ancient Iran, the winged human-head
Read moreUCI welcomes first Zoroastrian studies chair in the US
Carlo Giovanni Cereti named Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies OFFICE OF THE DEAN UCI JORDAN CENTER FOR PERSIAN STUDIES AND CULTURE RELIGIOUS STUDIES December 3, 2022 Beginning this academic year, Carlo Giovanni Cereti is joining the UCI School of Humanities as the Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies – the first of its kind in the United States. The
Read moreThe Parsee Religion – Dadabhai Naoroji
The Parsi Religion by John Wilson
THE PARSI RELIGION As contained in the Zand Avasta and Propounded and Defended by the Zoroastrians of India & Persia Unfolded, Refuted and Contrasted with Christianity by JOHN WILSON President of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and Missionary of the Church of Scotland, Bombay https://www.academia.edu/38973116/THE_PARSI_RELIGION?email_work_card=view-paper
Read moreSignificance of the sacred bull
The warasyaji commands a unique position in the ritual matrix of the faith Dastur (Dr) Firoze M. Kotwal This extract is from the article “Consecration and Importance of the Sacred Bull warasyaji — A Religious Injunction,” published in a festschrift titled The Reward of the Righteous, Wiesbaden, 2022, to honor Almut Hintze, Professor of Zoroastrianism at the School of Oriental
Read moreKhordad Sal – Sunday, August 21, 2022
Dear Friends, The Mazdayasnie Connection wishes you all “Saal Mubarak” – Best Wishes for the New Year. Sunday, August 21, 2022, Shahenshahi Roj Khordad Mah Fravardin, will be observed by Parsis as ‘Khordad Sal‘. On this day, after your daily (farajyat) prayers, recite the line below (from the Fravardin Yasht) 101, 303, 505, 707 or 909 times: “Ushta no
Read moreGatha Prayers sung by Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia
Gatha Prayers sung by Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia Framroat no Ha Gatha Ahunavad 28 to 34 Gatha Ushtavad 43 to 46 Gatha Spentomad 47 to 50 Gatha Vohu-khshathra 51 Gatha Vahishtoish 53 Click on individual titles to download the individual lyrics Click Here to download all the Lyrics
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