Happy 59th Holy Wedding Anniversary, True Parents!
On April 11, 1960 (March 16 by the lunar calendar), True Parents celebrated their Holy Marriage Blessing Ceremony at the Cheongpadong church in Seoul, Korea, which inspired the Marriage Blessing Movement celebrated around the world.
April 20, 2019, marks the 59th Anniversary of True Parents’ Holy Wedding!
True Parents recreated the original God-centered family ideal that Adam and Eve were meant to create and guided the way forward to change the world. As a nation and global community, Unificationists celebrate True Parents’ groundbreaking mission.
Today, Unificationist communities mark True Parents’ Holy Wedding with celebrations across the nation and around the world. Individuals and families are also encouraged to offer donations, as circumstances permit. Donate here today!
From the Archives
April 11, 1960 (March 16 by the lunar calendar) marked the historic day in the Unification tradition of ‘the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ True Parents joined in holy matrimony in the Cheongpadong headquarters church. Wedding decorations were put up in the main hall, the walls and floor were covered with white cloth, and a platform was erected. When preparations were completed, True Father consecrated the hall with salt. This began the church tradition of consecrating belongings with Holy Salt.
As described by Rev. Young Hwi Kim, True Mother, dressed in a white hanbok (the traditional Korean dress) with a long wedding veil over her head and ornaments befitting a bride, came down the stairs from the second floor, arm in arm with True Father. A chorus of ‘Song of the Banquet’ was their wedding march.
The ceremony was carried out twice, first in the Western style with a wedding veil, and then in the Korean traditional style with a blue silk hanbok, square belt and black hat for the groom and a bridal headpiece and Korean royal dress for the bride. The offering table for the Holy Wedding was set up according to revelations received from Heaven, with some forty kinds of food in cylindrical columns. After the meal, celebrations were held in the same hall, joyously highlighted by True Parents’ dance. True Father said that because of this ceremony, the Principle and the existence of the Unification Movement would become known throughout the entire world, and the Will of God would be accomplished.