{"id":322778,"date":"2023-04-13T09:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=322778"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:06:20","slug":"california-zoroastrian-center-takes-over-former-pb-womans-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/california-zoroastrian-center-takes-over-former-pb-womans-club\/","title":{"rendered":"California Zoroastrian Center takes over former PB Woman\u2019s Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

The historic building on Hornblend Street in Pacific Beach formerly occupied by the Pacific Beach Woman\u2019s Club has been transformed into the California Zoroastrian Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cCZC is very proud to acquire this property as the historical record of the building is very attractive to us,\u201d said the new cultural center\u2019s spokesperson Farhad Kermani, who added, \u201cInterestingly, one of our major donors, who became Iran\u2019s first female mayor, has been a strong advocate of women’s rights in Iran. “She and her family are proud to be one of the donors for purchasing this building with such a valuable historic record.”<\/p>\n

Developer Ramin Karimi, the previous owner of the 3,600-square-foot building that is more than a century old at 1172 Hornblend St., had different plans initially for the property before he sold it to the Zoroastrians about seven months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan was to build six condo units on two different levels on top of the parking lot,\u201d said Karimi. \u201cBut they reached out to us with this idea of their building a cultural center. They convinced me, and I changed my mind and let them take it over. They had a very good plan, and they have been working on remodeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kermani of CZC shared a humorous tale of how he first approached Karimi with the prospect of purchasing the property. \u201cI told them, \u2018I want to buy this house but I have two minor problems; I don\u2019t have any money, and I don\u2019t know if my community will let me buy this place,\u2019 said Kermani noting, \u201cAnd [Karimi] was laughing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kermani said the Zoroastrian culture in Southern California has been headquartered in Orange County with almost 2,800 members since 1979. He added CZC\u2019s board of directors decided to acquire new buildings in both Los Angeles and San Diego to serve their expanding membership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are nonprofit,\u201d pointed out Kermani. \u201cOur main goal is serving the community. We mostly are looking at it as a cultural center. We are trying to pass the culture to the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kermani said remodeling has involved converting a part of the property\u2019s parking lot into space for outside activities, as well as repainting the building and putting in a wrought-iron fence soon around the entire property for security. He added they “will eventually allow the building to be rented out for public use for\u00a0private events\u00a0and community meetings. Whoever wants to use it is welcome to come talk to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Inside the lobby of the building now being revamped is a prominently displayed donation tree. \u201cThe whole building was purchased by voluntary donations by our members, the root of our community,\u201d noted Kermani<\/p>\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n visite czc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world\u2019s oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster). It is a monotheistic faith predicting the ultimate conquest of evil by good. It served as the state religion for the ancient Persian empire. With possible roots dating back to the 2nd millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism enters recorded history around the middle of the 6th century BCE. The faith declined from the 7th century onward as a direct result of the Arab-Muslim conquest of Persia, which led to a large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians.<\/p>\n

Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians in the world at around 110,000-120,000 at most, with the majority of this figure living in India, Iran, and North America.<\/p>\n

Some teachings of the Prophet Zarathushtra:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Worship of one supreme being, the first cause of all things<\/p>\n

\u2013 The aim of life is to make the world happy, to make others happy, and to be happy ourselves. This aim is to reach a state of perfection in ourselves and help the world in its progress towards perfection.<\/p>\n

\u2013 People should be witnesses on the side of truth, proving untruth and evil to be false.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The right method of obtaining happiness is summarized by Zarathushtra who said, \u201cHappiness is the lot of those who work for others\u2019 happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 In every one of us there is a divine essence within, the soul, the conscience, whatever you choose to call it.<\/p>\n

\u2013 A simple universal maxim of the faith is to practice Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds.<\/p>\n

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