![]() Thousands of couples take part in a mass wedding ceremony at Cheongshim Peace World Center on Februin Gapyeong-gun, South Korea. The children from these marriages would be born pure and sinless. Through it, members of the controversial church believe the couple is freed from a lineage of sinful humanity that began with the fall of Adam and Eve. ![]() Mass weddings, or "Blessings," are a hallmark of the Unification Church, a religious movement started by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, married in a mass wedding to usher in a new era of peace and unity. Men wore simple black suits.Įveryone looked virtually the same, thousands of bride-and-groom copies in black and white. The 19-year-old wore a standard-issue wedding dress and veil that were identical to those of the thousands of brides around her. On August 8, 2005, Hana* stood in a large stadium in Seoul with nearly 500,000 other people, ready for her wedding day. Read the first part here and the second part here. This article is the third in a three-part series telling the stories of those who were born into the Unification Church, and their experiences trying to leave it.
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