{"id":160622,"date":"2025-12-29T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=160622"},"modified":"2025-12-29T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:46:28","slug":"two-celebrations-of-avesta-and-water-held-at-diniyari-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=160622","title":{"rendered":"Two Celebrations of Avesta and Water Held at Diniyari Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Diniyari Elementary School held two themed celebrations in the month of Aban, honoring both water and the Avesta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First-grade boys marked the beginning of their Avesta studies and religious instruction with a ceremony at the Varahram Fire Temple in Yazd. Organized by principal Fariba Gheibi and first-grade teacher Frank Mavandadi, the event took place on Shahrivar Izad Day in Azarmah 3763 of the Zoroastrian calendar, corresponding to Wednesday, 19 November 2025 (28 Aban 1404). At the end of the ceremony, each student received the book entitled &#8220;Learning the Avesta&#8221; along with a gift.<\/p>\n<p>Another celebration, also coordinated by Fariba Gheibi and Faranak Mavandadi, was held on Wednesday, 29 October 2025 (7 Aban 1404). First-grade students celebrated learning to read and write the word \u201cwater.\u201d During this event, the children practiced writing the word and learned about the importance of water and the need to use it wisely.<\/p>\n<p>Diniyari Elementary School is the only boys\u2019 school dedicated to Zoroastrian students in Yazd Province.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160623 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-42-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-42-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-42.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160624 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-38-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-38.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160625 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-36-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-36-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-36.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160626 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6-30-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6-30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6-30.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-25-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-25.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160628 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-21-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-21.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160629 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/27-12-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/27-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/27-12.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-160630 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28-13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28-13.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diniyari Elementary School held two themed celebrations in the month of Aban, honoring both water and the Avesta. First-grade boys marked the beginning of their Avesta studies and religious instruction with a ceremony at the Varahram Fire Temple in Yazd. Organized by principal Fariba Gheibi and first-grade teacher Frank Mavandadi, the event took place on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":160624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1421],"class_list":["post-160622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-diniyari-elementary-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/160624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}