Ancient faith gets new home
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VIENNA, Va. — One of the world’s oldest religions is establishing a new, American temple for the faith outside Washington, D.C., the Zoroastrian Center and Darb-e-Mehr.
“You will see a magnificent building that reminds you of old Persian architecture,” said Farhad Shahryary, assistant secretary of the Temple Committee. “This is really a joyful day. There’s been a lot of hard work. This has been a dream for about 20 years.”
Once the state religion of an empire that stretched throughout much of the ancient world, Zoroastrianism now has only about 200,000 adherents worldwide (some estimates say the number is fewer). Up to 15,000 are in the U.S.
Zoroastrianism is considered among the oldest monotheistic religions and is named for its prophet Zarathushtra — in Greek, Zoroaster. Tradition holds that the faith was founded around 8000 BC, though there is wide disagreement among scholars about the faith’s true historical origins.
— Associated Press