The Zoroastrian Students Association and the Iranian Zoroastrian Youth Network (IZYN) are happy to host an international lecture for Zoroastrians worldwide for the first time at Manthrah.
Title: The Gathas: A Message for Modernity
Speaker: Khojeste Mistree
Date: September 5, 2024
Time: 7:30AM Pacific | 9:30 AM Central | 10:30 AM New York | 3:30 PM London | 6:00 PM Iran | 8:00 PM India | 10:30 PM Perth
Availability: This lecture, presented in English, will be globally accessible to all Zoroastrians and Parsis via Zoom. Additionally, community members can attend in person at the Markar Tehranpars in Tehran, Iran.
🌐 Link to attend the virtual event. Please enter your personal Zoom account and then click here.
Meeting ID: 915 5398 2219
Passcode: 06924536
🎙️ Introduction of the speaker:
Khojeste Mistree is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and an expert in Zoroastrianism, recognized as a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in 2022. He is a well-known community activist focused on preserving Zoroastrian traditions. He co-founded Zoroastrian Studies, The Athravan Educational Trust, and the World Alliance for Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ). He has trained priests in the faith’s theology and rituals.
Khojeste Mistree was elected Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the apex body of the Zoroastrian community in India, from 2008 to 2015.
He has delivered over 1,200 formal talks and has presented papers at prestigious universities across the globe. He has created several academically structured courses on Zoroastrian theology, rituals, history, and culture. He also facilitated an Oral Studies Programme in India and Iran, co-sponsored by the Universities of London and Göttingen, Germany. A frequent visitor to Iran since the 1960s, he pioneered religious and educational trips to Iran. He has been extensively quoted and interviewed in newspapers and television, including the BBC, CNN, PBS, German and French television, and several Indian channels.
Khojeste is the author of two books, Zoroastrianism: An Ethnic Perspective and The Zarathushti Religion – A Basic Text (co-authored), and several of his articles have been published in academic journals.
