Discovering Nowruz: A Guide to Celebrating & Welcoming in a Church Context

In this Persian New Year special conversation, Samuel hosts Fatemeh (from Iran, who serves as one of Welcome Churches’ Regional Coordinators), and Jonathan (our Finance and Operations Manager, who lived for an extended period of time in Afghanistan), as well as Daniel, a curate whose work focuses on developing an intercultural Church, and who has doctoral research in Iranian converts’ understandings and experiences of the Eucharist. Together, they chat about Nowruz’s significance across Kurdish, Iranian, and Afghan cultures; the cultural and regional variations across celebrations; the symbolism behind different Nowruz traditions; its origins in ancient Persia; Christianity and Nowruz; memories; the ramifications of contemporary political contexts on festivities; and how you can celebrate it with your friends, here in the UK.Visit www.welcomechurches.org to find out more about us. You can find us @welcomechurches on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.