As perhaps the oldest, though smallest, monotheistic world religion, Zoroastrianism’s patriarchy also influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Women were second-class citizens and frozen out of ...

The Zoroastrian community might be small, but they have big hearts and an even bigger appetite for good food. Individual dishes such as Dhansak Chawal (lentil vegetable stew served with caramalised ...

The three sheets of papers taped to a window, spelling ZAC, give little indication of the growing temple housed in a former church on Walnut Avenue. The Zoroastrian Association of California Center, ...

The Orangeeboob of Trumpistan declared that he would take action against Iran if the regime killed more protesters. It has to ...

Only three families live under old thatched-roof houses in the small village of Cham. A dusty narrow road runs through the middle of the village and past the pomegranate gardens. One of the many ...

(The Conversation) — Many fans of the rock band Queen are only now learning, via the new movie "Bohemian Rhapsody," that Freddie Mercury, the band's leader, was born Farrokh Bulsara was a Zoroastrian ...

“Dad, everyone’s wearing a mask!” exclaimed the son of Adi Sidhwa, a Zoroastrian priest, about the COVID mask requirement. “Is it different than yours?” The boy wasn’t referring to his father’s COVID ...

Far removed from Tehran’s bustling tin-roofed teashops and Isfahan’s verdant pomegranate gardens, the deserts known as Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut meet at the city of Yazd, once the heart of the ...

CHAK CHAK, Iran – Adherents of the Zoroastrian religion from around the world gathered at a mountain shrine in central Iran this week to celebrate their Persian roots, praying in remembrance of a ...

RAMAPO, N.Y. — Drive along Pomona Road in Ramapo, and you'll find the new home for followers of one of the world's oldest religions. The gleaming square building with an impressive colonnaded portico ...

This page looks at the structure of the Zoroastrian calendar. The Zoroastrian calendar is full of holy days, feasts and festivals, giving Zoroastrians the reputation of being a joyful religion full of ...