Zarathushti Offers Prayer at 67th United Nations General Assembly from ZAGNY on Vimeo. Zarathushti Offers Prayer at 67th United Nations General Assembly from ZAGNY on Vimeo. World Interfaith Harmony Week was proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and adopted on October 20, 2010, on the premise that mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue constitute… Continue reading Nina Mistry Offers Zarathushti Prayers at the United Nations
Category: Diaspora
Emirates Parsees Gahambar 2012
Come Festive Season and we have reason to celebrate. Every year in December, United Arab Emirates Parsees organise a Get Together Lunch, a Typical Parsi Gahambar. This event is sponsored by the generous family of Mr. & Mrs. Freddy Sidhwa. They have been sponsoring the Gahambar and other Parsee Events in United Arab Emirates for… Continue reading Emirates Parsees Gahambar 2012
Special Edition Newsletter of the XVI NAZC 2012
The XVIth North American Zarathushti Congress was hosted by ZAGNY in New York in August 2012. ZAGNY has this month come out with a commemorative special edition of their Newsletter that covers the Congress. Download and read the newsletter on ZAGNY’s website.
Zoroastrians Reach Out To Sikhs In Solidarity
TORONTO, August 15, 2012 – It is ironic that as Zoroastrian leaders were holding up the Cylinder of Cyrus the Great, the Achemenian from Iran, as a symbol from antiquity of religious freedom and human rights at the 16th North American Zoroastrian Congress in New York, on August 5th, a suspect killed innocent worshippers who… Continue reading Zoroastrians Reach Out To Sikhs In Solidarity
FEZANA 2012 Zarathushti Awards Announced
The FEZANA Awards for 2012 were announced today at the XVI North American Zarathushti Congress 2012, being in New York at the Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook NY. Shirin Nariman Dastoor Outstanding Young Zarathushti Student Award Winner: Ervad Bahrom F. Firozgary Mehraban Zartoshty Outstanding Young Zarathushti Award Narius K. Dastur North American Mobeds Council… Continue reading FEZANA 2012 Zarathushti Awards Announced
Zarathushti Presence in Zanzibar
A great post and some photographs of the Zoroastrians in Zanzibar by Farah Bala If you are familiar with the Zoroastrian community, you probably know that it is one whose numbers are dwindling very rapidly with an approximate world population of 300,000, including both the Iranian and Parsi Zoroastrians. When 2 Zoroastrians meet for the… Continue reading Zarathushti Presence in Zanzibar
XVI NAZC 2012 Launches iOS and Android App
In a first for a Zarathushti event anywhere in the world, ZAGNY and the hosts of the XVI NAZC 2012 are happy to announce the launch of their App. This app is free and is available for immediate download for both Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. To download for Apple iOS: Download Android: Download
