Zoroastrian Society of Ontario

This year the ZSO Gourmet Food Fair is being hosted virtually on December 13, 2020. Keeping health and safety our top priority with the upcoming Holidays and festive season, as well as aligning to the Provincial restrictions, this will be a PRE-ORDER ONLY event. Please check out the event details on our ZSO website https://www.zso.org/ZSO-News/9367033

November 19th marks Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED). Founded by Wendy Diamond, this day was first celebrated on Nov. 19th, 2014 at the United Nations, New York and also by 144 countries hosting events locally in their cities. The WED event usually takes place at the United Nations in NY including a conference, speakers and WED Pioneer Awards. In honour of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, the WZCC Toronto Chapter will be hosting an event, Rendezvous with Women Entrepreneurs.... Event Date: Thursday November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 PM EST (Friday November 20, 2020 @ 6:30 AM IST) Toronto Chapter Presents: Rendezvous with Women Entrepreneurs Speakers: Mehrnaz Dehmiri, Niloufer Mavalvala, Perzen Darukhanawalla Patel and Delna Patel. Moderator: Afreed Mistry Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95943948111 Meeting ID: 959 4394 8111 Passcode: WZCC Contact: WZCC Toronto Chapter [email protected]

Quiz Night is back! Family and Friends, we are so excited to have everyone back and ready to play! This time we’ll be all dressed in our best Halloween costumes. This coming week we’re giving out an additional prize to the best dressed so don’t miss out. If you would like to be one of the sponsor for this event click here (https://zso.org/Donate )and under Comment write "quiz night ... And if you’d like to be one of the hosts call/text Fravash @(647) 767-8394

ZSO informs you of the sad passing away of Zubin Dotiwalla, husband of Soonu Dotiwalla, father of Alicia Dotiwalla, brother of Phiroze Dotiwalla. He passed away this morning, Thursday, September 10, 2020, in Mississauga, Ontario. Funeral services are restricted to family. All other prayers will be held in Mumbai, India. Sincere condolences to the bereaved family.

With the holiday and festive season around, this year the ZSO Gourmet Food Fair will be hosted virtually and by pre-orders ONLY on December 13th. Our caterers are busy putting their pre-order menu items together! Stay tuned for more details to follow soon!! If you're interested in participating as a vendor please check out the attached flyer and contact Anahita Ogra ([email protected])

Appeal for Kiana Aria Zubin and Brinda Aria's daughter Kiana Aria, age 20 years is diagnosed with kidney failure. Both her kidneys are working below 5%.... She has begun her treatment with Dialysis - 4 hours x 3 times a week- till she receives transplant. Her blood group is A +. A 'living' kidney donation typically will lasts Kiana longer and give her better functioning capability in life. All our research shows that humans need one kidney to live a healthy long life. For more information please visit http://www.kidney.ca Thank you for giving time to read this. If you consider being a donor you should be A+ without any pre-existing existing health conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes. God bless and we thank you in advance for adding Kiana in your prayers. Thank you Zubin and Brinda Aria

On behalf of our sister organization OZCF Enterntainment Committee

The ZSO would like to inform our patrons of the upcoming Shenshai events for September. All prayers will be held at the MGDM by our dedicated team of mobeds. All prayers will be live streaming on our ZSO YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ZoroastrianSocietyofOntario The schedule is as follows; Thursday, Sept 3 @ 6.00 pm EST -Fravardegan prayers... Friday, Sept 4 @ 6.00 pm EST - Dastoorji Kookadaroo Saheb Baj Sunday, Sept 27 @ 10.30 am EST - Maidyozarem Gahambar

Last Sunday’s quiz night was exciting and spooky. With 4 winners thanks to the sponsors and participants who came. The 2 hosts knocked it out the park with great questions on Kahoot and funny jokes that left everyone with a smile on their faces. Congrats to team Pastakia for 1st place and the Appoo bros for best costume. Till next time #zso #zoroastrian #zsoyouthevents

Another Quiz Night??? Tomorrow at 6:30pm EST on zoom hop on. Just msg us and we’ll send you the link or text me at Fravash (647) 767-8394 Don’t forget to dress you can win best costume and also the top 3 get prizes!!! Share this video and let’s have a blast

OZCF AND ZSO together presents, an interactive talk with Dr. Mickey Mehta on 'Mind is Medicine' on Sept 26, 2020 @11 am EST via Zoom. Join the Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88260024620... Meeting ID: 882 6002 4620 Passcode: 851093 Dr. Mehta is a leading Indian holistic health, well-being, wellness and fitness guru. He is considered the first personal trainer of India, the first fitness columnist and the first fitness TV and radio presenter in India. He is the author of 2 very successful books and the recipient of 'The Health and Wellness Icon of India' award by Economic Times and is among the '100 Most Impactful Wellness Leaders of the World' as announced at the Global Wellness Conclave 2018. He recently joined to support the FIT INDIA Movement, has been invited to speak at Harvard University, trains the Indian Police, Army, Navy and Airforce along with being a coach to Miss Indias, Miss Worlds, Miss Universes and prominent Bollywood celebrities. Ask Dr. Mehta your questions live or send them earlier to [email protected] or [email protected] With his high energy, he promises a fun packed session, which gets you Energized, Naturalized, Optimized, Maximized, Wellness Revolutionized and MICKEYMIZED!!

Darbe Mehr is open for prayers Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Please email [email protected] to book your appointment time to visit.Darbe Mehr is open for prayers Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Please email [email protected] to book your appointment time to visit.

Sal Mubarak to all the Parsi Folks around the world. This year since we were observing the Shahanshahi Muktads virtually, this is a documentary filmed by Fravash Chothia Last year during the 2019 Muktads. https://youtu.be/s1nmj204igs

Join us live for the Navroz jashan https://youtu.be/oO4Y2ILDm_c

Free weekday Yoga - Join us every Tonight for a good stretch and work out with Mitra Jam. Please share this flyer and join us at 6pm EST on Zoom. Messages for the password it’s the same every week #zso #zoroastrian #zsoyouthevents

Free weekday Yoga - Join us every Wednesday for a good stretch and work out with Mitra Jam as Lead. Please share this flyer and join us at 6pm EST on Zoom. Messages for the password it’s the same every week #zso #zoroastrian #zsoyouthevents

The city of Toronto is preparing to oversee the safe restart of more businesses and services following the Province of Ontario’s announcement as it entered stage 3 of the provincial reopening on Friday July 31st. As a result of this announcement, we are in Stage 3 of reopening by following the changes under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) for places of worship with some specific conditions. These conditions include limiting capacity and ensuring th...Continue reading

The upcoming Farvardegan(Muktad) prayers schedule is now available on our website (https://www.zso.org/ZSO-News/9136488) Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and join in the prayers from the comfort of your home (https://www.youtube.com/c/ZoroastrianSocietyofOntario/videos)

The Provincial Government has established guidelines to gradually reopen the province and ease restrictions in communities where it is safe to do so. We are in Stage 2 by following the changes under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) for places of worship with some specific conditions. These conditions include limiting capacity and ensuring that public health measures are followed such as face coverings, physical distancing and environmental cleaning an...Continue reading

FEZANA delegates Shirin Mehri (Pakistan), Nadia Jam (Canada), and Behnoosh Sethna (USA) will be participating in the upcoming Multi-Stakeholder Meeting at the U...nited Nations on July 21st, alongside Afreed Mistry (Canada) - FEZANA’s Main Representative to the United Nations. The will be discussing accelerating the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. For more information and how you can participate, please visit: https://fezana.org/fezana-delegates-to-attend-a-multi-stak/ #UnitedNations #UnitedNationOrg #UnitedNationsHumanRights #UN #Zoroastrian #Zoroastrianism #Zoroastrians #zoroaster #zarathustra

The provincial Government has established guidelines to gradually reopen the province and ease restrictions in communities where it is safe to do so. We have entered Stage 2 of reopening by following the changes under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) for places of worship with some specific conditions. These conditions include limiting capacity and ensuring that public health measures are followed such as face coverings, physical distancing and enviro...nmental cleaning and disinfecting. As we cautiously and gradually plan the reopening, participation in religious services is increased from 10 to 15 people including the priest, additionally now the MGDM will be open for drop in visits with revised hours of operation and protocols to follow. The MGDM revised hours of operations starting, July 21, 2020 are: Tuesday 4pm - 8pm and Saturday 9am - 12pm All visits to the MGDM will be by appointment only and MUST be booked 24 hours in advance, prior to the day of the visit by contacting Afreed Mistry ([email protected]) and receiving her confirmation. Please note if you do not have an appointment/confirmation your entry will be denied. We thank you for your patience and appreciate your cooperation as we gradually and safely reopen, keeping the safety of our custodian and the community at large as the top priority. Below are the COVID-19 Guidelines for Re-opening as per the health and city requirements: DO's Participation of religious services limited to 15 people including the priest Drop in visits to the MGDM are by appointment ONLY Contact Afreed Mistry ([email protected]) to book your visit Wearing a non-medical mask/face covering is mandatory Maintain a social distance of two meters/six feet Bring your own prayer book and head covering Follow entry and exit signs Use the online self-assessment tool before every visit to the MGDM DONT'S Social gatherings, including those that occur before or after a prayer service remains suspended Consumption of food and drink remains suspended. Navjote and Wedding Ceremonies remain suspended Avoid opportunities for the virus to spread through touch, either directly or indirectly through surfaces and objects, including objects that may be used in rituals or ceremonies.

On Saturday July 18 at 12 noon EDT / 9 AM PDT Join Dinsha Mistree as he moderates our next FEZANA Talks session featuring fellow Zoroastrian Dinyar Patel, the a...uthor of Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism. They will discuss Dinyar’s research about Dadabhai Naoroji, a foundational figure in India’s modern political history. Dinyar Phiroze Patel is an acclaimed historian, academic and FEZANA's Co-chair on the Research and Preservation Committee. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91941029080 Meeting ID: 919 4102 9080 Password: FEZANA #zoroastrian #zoroastrianism #zoroastrians #indianpolitics #naoroji #ghandi #parsi #parseeAll