California Zoroastrian Center 

      The California Zoroastrian Center is located in Westminster, Orange County, California. It is a good place to learn more about the Zartoshti religion. Some days they host different meetings about Zoroastrianism, people who have studied our religion explain it to us youth. We ask questions and they make it simple for us to understand. The Dare-e-Mehr has a prayer room in which there is a fire in the center of it. When we pray, we face the fire.

      California Zoroastrian Center hosts many activities and celebrations. Around the time that school starts Farsi classes begin. These classes are two hours long and have different levels for beginners, advanced, intermediate and higher levels (regardless of age). Two or three world-class teachers teach the Farsi classes and there are substitutes.

     Every time there is an Iranian celebration, the Dare-e-Mehr also hosts one. At these celebrations there is food and drinks, many different performances and long speeches. The performances are on the stage and as well as the speeches. Many people from all ages go onstage and do different things like dancing, funny skits and traditional Iranian plays.

      The California Zoroastrian Center is a good place to learn and grow up as a Zartoshti, with many benefits for today’s youth.

Back to Articles