{"id":158528,"date":"2025-07-09T19:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158528"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:46:37","slug":"tirgan-celebrated-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158528","title":{"rendered":"Tirgan Celebrated in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Zoroastrian community of Toronto marked the ancient Tirgan with joy at the Mehr-e Mehraban Guiv Dar-e Mehr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On July 1, 2025 (10 Tir 1404), under a warm and sunny sky, the event brought together enthusiastic children and youth for water sprinkling ceremonies, group games, and an archery competition honoring the legendary Arash the Archer. The traditional <em>Chek o Doleh<\/em> prayer ritual was also performed by young Zoroastrians.<\/p>\n<p>Rashin Jahangiri delivered a speech about the significance of Tirgan to the attendees. The celebration concluded with a short film screening by the former president of the Zoroastrian Association of California, featuring American actor and documentarian Morgan Freeman\u2019s visit to the California Dar-e Mehr.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-158530 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/11-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/11-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/11-5.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-158531 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12-5.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-158532\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/15-4.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-158533 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18-3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-158534\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19-3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zoroastrian community of Toronto marked the ancient Tirgan with joy at the Mehr-e Mehraban Guiv Dar-e Mehr. On July 1, 2025 (10 Tir 1404), under a warm and sunny sky, the event brought together enthusiastic children and youth for water sprinkling ceremonies, group games, and an archery competition honoring the legendary Arash the Archer. 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