Marriage Blessing Anniversaries: Celebrating Decades of Love

Happy anniversary to the 6,000 couples who received the Holy Marriage Blessing on October 14, 1982, as well as some 25,000 couples from the Cosmic Holy Marriage Blessing ceremony on October 14, 2009.

The late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon officiated the 1982 Blessing in Seoul at the Chamshil Gymnasium. Rev. Moon linked the October Blessing with the 2,075 couples blessed in July at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Jointly, they are referred to as the 8,000 Couples’ Holy Marriage Blessing. Both 1982 ceremonies included significant numbers of international couples from 84 nations. Rev. Moon noted that the ceremonies surmounted the 6,000 years of providential history and signified “an advance into the realm of liberation.”

The 2009 Cosmic Holy Marriage Blessing ceremony officiated by Rev. and Dr. Moon was held in front of Sun Moon University in Asan, located in South Korea’s Chungnam province. For those who could not participate in person, the ceremony was broadcast simultaneously in 192 nations via satellite and the internet. Rev. Moon explained that this ceremony was the third and final cosmic-level Blessing. With such a large number of young Unificationists in a public venue, the ceremony attracted substantial media coverage around the world.

Congratulations to all the couples celebrating their 39th and 12th Marriage Blessing anniversaries!