Priest Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Zoroastrianism=== {{Main|Mobad}} A Zoroastrian priest are called a Mobad and they officiate the ''[[Yasna]]'', pouring libations into the sacred fire to the accompaniment of ritual chants. The Mobad also prepare drinks for the ''[[haoma]]'' ritual.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boyce |first=Mary |title=Zoroastrians, their religious beliefs and practices |publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2001 |isbn=0415239028 |location=London |orig-year=1979}}</ref> In Indian [[Zoroastrianism]], the priesthood is reserved for men and is a mostly hereditary position,<ref>{{citation |last=Nigosian |first=Solomon Alexander |title=The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Uspf6eDDvjAC&pg=PA104 104] |year=1993 |place=Montreal, Quebec |publisher=[[McGill-Queen's University Press]] |isbn=077351144X |oclc=243566889}}</ref> but women have been ordained in Iran and North America as a mobedyar, meaning an assistant mobed.<ref>{{citation |last=Wadia |first=Arzan Sam |title=The Jury Is Still Out On Women as Parsi Priests |date=March 9, 2011 |work=parsikhabar.net |publisher=Parsi Khabar |url=http://parsikhabar.net/religion/the-jury-is-still-out-on-women-as-parsi-priests/2968/}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Khosraviani |first=Mahshad |title=Sedreh Pooshi by Female Mobedyar in Toronto-Canada |date=June 19, 2013 |work=parsinews.net |publisher=Parsi News |url=http://www.parsinews.net/sedreh-pooshi-by-female-mobedyar-in-toronto-canada/3922.html?fb_source=pubv1 |access-date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009105723/http://www.parsinews.net/sedreh-pooshi-by-female-mobedyar-in-toronto-canada/3922.html?fb_source=pubv1 |archive-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page