As thousands of Australians celebrate the ancient new year festival of Norouz, the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs, Laurie Ferguson, wished the communities a happy new year.
Persian New Year arrived in Silicon Valley at 10:48:19 p.m. March 19. Every year the 13-day festival starts at the exact second of the vernal equinox, depending on when the sun directly faces the Earth's equator between March 19 and 21.
Thousands of Iranian-Americans in Silicon Valley seized this first moment of spring to say "Happy New...
March 21 will be of special significance this year as the calendars of five different religions will coincide, giving each faith a reason to celebrate the day.
As Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (the birth of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) on Friday, Christians will mark the crucifixion and death of Jesus as Good Friday, while Hindus and...
For decades the United States has funded an effort intended to help Christians, Zoroastrians and Jews escape persecution in Iran. Now some of their leaders are questioning American motives as sects that have endured here for thousands of years dwindle...
India’s official National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has come to the rescue of the tiny Parsi community, which is worried over the disposal of their dead because of the dwindling population of vultures.
It has decided to set up a nursery for breeding vultures...
The world's oldest monotheistic religion has taken steps to empower its youth and preserve the faith for the future.
Zoroastrians, as they wound up their 14th North American Congress in Toronto this week, emphasized mentorship and the need for unity among the scattered faithful.
"We are moving the identity issue forward," said prominent Toronto...
CHAK CHAK, Iran (AP) - Dressed in white to symbolize purity, a priest recited from the Zoroastrian holy book at a shrine as members of this ancient pre-Islamic religion marked what they see as one of the most bitter events in Iran's history: the 7th...
Parents make the heartbreaking decision to send their children to residential schools for various material reasons. It's seldom for a cause. But last year, parents of 30 Parsi children decided that the cause of serving the community was worthy enough. So they packed them off, some of them only about six years old, to the Athornan...
A community organization devoted to helping Iranian-Canadians integrate into Canadian society and hang on to their Iranian culture celebrated the Iranian New Year and the coming of spring Saturday night at the Marcel Morin Community Centre in Pierrefonds.
As a high school boy in Minnesota, Joseph Peterson spent the late 1960s reading at the local library, passing over Mad Magazine or sci-fi novels in favor of ancient religious texts.
The scripture of the Zoroastrians -- the faith of the old Persian Empire -- captured the Christian teenager with its...