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 ...

TEHRAN, Iran – Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh — an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest ...

Let’s get one thing straight: The Pakistani artist Jimmy Engineer is not and has never been an engineer. But his father and grandfathers were, and it’s the custom among Zoroastrians, an ancient ...

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 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, ...

MEE visits a Zoroastrian fire temple in southern Tehran, and hears from priests about gender equality among followers of the ancient religion Female Zoroastrian priests Sarvar Tarapolevara and Rashin ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Brain injury destroys your role in your family, and your family history affects how you and your family members react to your ...