Also known as Mazdayasna, it Is one the world's oldest religions, with its roots possibly stretching back to the second millennium B.C. Zoroastra is the Greek name for Zarathustra. Adherents believe in one supreme God, named Ahura Mazda. Its theology includes a duty to protect nature, which has led it be called the world's first ecological religion.
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Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrian Centre This art deco cinema building was designed in 1936 by F. E...
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Persecuted in France, about 50,000 Huguenots fled to Britain where Edward VI granted them asylum. The French Protestant Church of London was established by Royal Charter in 1550. It took over the T...
Born in Aberdeen or Dundee (depending on source). Â When he was eleven his whole family converted from Episcopalian to Roman Catholic. Â Parish priest for 58 years of St. Anne's, Vauxhall. Â Appointed...
Non-conformist minister. Born Norfolk.  Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell.  Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
Headmaster of Harrow School 1845 – 59. Born Leicester, son of a vicar. Educated Rugby and Cambridge, became a vicar and was then elected headmaster of Harrow. Resigned that post and went on to be: ...
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