Cypress wood might have been used in ancient palaces in Persia partly because of its sacred value in a religion known for its "fire temples," a new study finds. Scientists examined ruins from the ...

The Darb-e-Mehr, or fire temple, will be home to members of the 24-year-old Zoroastrian Assn. of Metropolitan Washington, said Jamshid Goshtasbi, the group’s president.

The darb-e-mehr, or fire temple, will be home to members of the 24-year-old Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Washington, said Jamshid Goshtasbi, the group's president.

Fire temple (locally known as Atashkadeh (“house of fire”) is a Zoroastrian term for a consecrated building in which there is an ever-burning sacred fire. After the Arab conquest of Persia, the ...

The “festival of lights” is mentioned in the Christian Gospel of John [10:22] when Jesus goes to the Jerusalem Temple to celebrate the Feast of Rededication: Chanukah!

A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for centuries inside an Iranian temple, sacred to one of the world's oldest religions.

A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for centuries inside an Iranian temple, sacred to one of the world's oldest religions.The fragrant holy fire, kept ...