Family Federation for World Peace and Unification

History of the Marriage Blessing Ceremonies

Based on their distinctive achievement, Reverend Sun Myung Moon and Mrs. Moon have blessed the marriages of millions of couples around the world.
Often this Marriage Blessing has been given through group wedding ceremonies which include both newlyweds and couples renewing their marriage vows. The shared experience is intended to foster not only healthy individual families but also a global community promoting the ideals of love and peace.

During the ceremony each couple is asked to affirm that:

• The family is meant to be the dwelling place of God's true love.
• Faith in God and spiritual practices are enormously valuable resources in any marriage.
• The intact, healthy family of parents and children is absolutely necessary to the well being of our nation, our world.

Number of couples	Date	Place	Notes
3	April 16, 1960	Seoul, Korea
33	May 15, 1961	Seoul, Korea
72	June 4, 1962	Seoul, Korea
124	July 24, 1963	Seoul, Korea
430	February 22, 1968	Seoul, Korea
43	February 28, 1969	Washington DC, USA	blessing of 13 couples
	March 28, 1969	Essen, Germany	blessing of  8 couples
	May 1, 1969	Tokyo, Japan	blessing of 22 couples
777	October 21, 1970	Seoul, Korea	participants from 10 nations
1800	February 8, 1975	Seoul, Korea	participants from  25 nations
74	February 21, 1977	New-York, USA	participants from  11 nations
118	May 21, 1978	London, UK	participants from  14 nations
2078	July 1, 1982	New-York, USA	participants from   48 nations
6000	October 14, 1982	Seoul, Korea	participants from   85 nations
6500	October 30, 1988	Seoul, Korea	participants from   17 nations
1275	January 12, 1989	Seoul, Korea	participants from   87 nations
1267	April 21, 1992	Seoul, Korea	participants from   44 nations
30.000	August 25, 1992	Seoul, Korea	participants from 131 nations, simultaneous ceremonies connected by satellite TV transmissions as well as videotape backup, 10.000 couples
360.000	August 25, 1995	Seoul, Korea	participants from 160 nations, simultaneous ceremonies connected by satellite TV transmissions and videotape backup, 340.000 couples
39.600.000	November 29, 1997	RFK Stadium, Washington DC, U.S.A.	participants from 185 nations, simultaneous ceremonies connected by satellite TV transmissions and videotape backup, 39.570.000 couples
120.000.000	June 13, 1998	Madison Square Garden, N.Y. U.S.A.	The culmination of the Blessing 1998 campaign. Building and realizing World Peace through committed marriages, inviting all religions and faithful to join in this common endeavor.

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