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45,000 PEOPLE GET MARRIED IN GLOBAL MASS WEDDING
AP
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ASAN, South Korea (AP) - It was his wedding day, but Choi In-seok admitted to a twinge of nervousness yesterday about spending the rest of his life with the woman hand-picked for him by the Unification Church.
SEOUL, South Korea - Couples from around the world participate in the mass wedding ceremony at a Sun Moon University in Asan, south of Seoul, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
The 34-year-old English teacher was among 45,000 people worldwide who took part in a mass wedding that was the largest in a decade - and quite possibly the last for the church's controversial founder, the Rev Sun Myung Moon.
Moon, who turns 90 in January, has turned day-to-day leadership of the Unification Church over to three sons and a daughter. But the self-proclaimed "Messiah" returned to the altar yesterday to bless tens of thousands of newly-weds in a special ceremony that also honoured his 50th wedding anniversary.
In Moon's church, marriage and family are core to spirituality. Since the early years of his religious leadership, he has paired off couples who believe he is blessed with divine insight.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html...***_WEDDING.asp
AP
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ASAN, South Korea (AP) - It was his wedding day, but Choi In-seok admitted to a twinge of nervousness yesterday about spending the rest of his life with the woman hand-picked for him by the Unification Church.
SEOUL, South Korea - Couples from around the world participate in the mass wedding ceremony at a Sun Moon University in Asan, south of Seoul, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
The 34-year-old English teacher was among 45,000 people worldwide who took part in a mass wedding that was the largest in a decade - and quite possibly the last for the church's controversial founder, the Rev Sun Myung Moon.
Moon, who turns 90 in January, has turned day-to-day leadership of the Unification Church over to three sons and a daughter. But the self-proclaimed "Messiah" returned to the altar yesterday to bless tens of thousands of newly-weds in a special ceremony that also honoured his 50th wedding anniversary.
In Moon's church, marriage and family are core to spirituality. Since the early years of his religious leadership, he has paired off couples who believe he is blessed with divine insight.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html...***_WEDDING.asp
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