So what does Zarathustra say / Yulia Tomashevskaya-Garachuk

Muslims call them "fire worshipers" because in the center of the temple there is a bowl with fire, which is maintained day and night by the temple attendants. Zoroastrians claim that the sacred flame, which is already three thousand years old, is a symbol indicating the attributes of God, and not God himself. He is not worshiped, but interacted with. The most ancient Zoroastrian temples are located on the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which until recently was one of the closed countries of the world. But today ancient Persia is ready to last with its secrets and now you can not only read about the teachings of Zarathustra, but also see with your own eyes how small Zoroastrian communities live and in which mountains legendary temples are hiding from uninvited guests. You can climb the Towers of Silence, and having seen the world from a bird's eye view, try to imagine how the Zoroastrians saw off their fellows on their last journey for several thousand years. The teachings of Zarathustra fascinate with their simplicity and honesty. In the 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche, impressed by the first German translations of the Avesta, wrote his famous book Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The Nietzschean sage is completely alone, because the crowd is hungry for entertainment, and the tightrope walker in the market square is much more entertaining action than the preaching of a wild eccentric. - But who really was Zarathustra and what can we know about him today? What does tradition say and what do historians write? - How do Zoroastrian preachers interpret living cultural heritage today?We will answer these many other questions in the lectures on January 18. Speaker: Yulia Tomashevskaya-Garachuk is a senior researcher at the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, orientalist, translator of the Persian language (Farsi), art critic.  Cost of a lecture: 80 UAH  Register: https://goo.gl/forms/8vaAIpcaU7bUOYCd2  Ticket: https://2event.com/ru/events/1624281  Any questions? Call: +380506378804