Efforts are under way by the North American Mobeds Council (NAMC) to set up an Institute of Zoroastrian and Athornan Studies with the cooperation of concerned members of the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago. "We are at a very early/exploratory stage of determining the viability of this project,” clarified NAMC president Arda-e Viraf Minocherhomji in response to Parsiana’s queries. Concerned that the Zoroastrian community in North America is largely dependent on volunteers to serve its religious and spiritual needs, the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) urged each of its members to make financial provisions for one resident......