36 Second Generation Couples Celebrate 36th Blessing Anniversary

Happy 36th anniversary to the participants of the 36 Second Generation Couples Holy Marriage Blessing! True Parents officiated the ceremony for the Unificationist-born young adults on April 12, 1986, at the Little Angels Performing Arts Center in Seoul — marking “a new era for the Unification movement,” said True Father.

This was the first such Marriage Blessing of Unificationist-born young adults apart from the Marriage Blessings of four of True Parents’ own children. On April 8, True Father brought together candidates in Korea to begin the matching engagement, which continued the following day. Unificationist-born candidates outside Korea were matched by photograph. Those participating were the sons and daughters of Unificationists who had previously participated in the 36-, 72-, and 124-Couple Blessings.

True Father described the occasion as “an amazing providential event” in his message to the newly engaged couples. He encouraged them to renew the tradition of the Unification family by being “standard-bearers for the sake of all the people of the world.” He also advised the couples to find the “abandoned path” that most people of the world would consider worthless. “That is the path God is asking you to walk,” True Father said.

Congratulations to all of the couples celebrating their anniversary!