The First Unification Principle Seminar 

Held in the Soviet Union

January 24, 1990, Moscow, Russia 

On January 24, 1991, a unification principle seminar was held for the first time in Moscow. Under the theme "The Way to Harmony between Nations and World Peace," the seminar for more than four hundred youths and students continued until January 29. Earlier, in July 1990, following True Parents’ recommendations, we held international leadership conferences for invited students on a number of occasions in New York, Washington DC and other locations in the United States. 

First World Tour

January 28, 1965, 40 nations

Accompanied by Choi Won-bok and Kim Young-oon, True Father took a Northwest Airlines plane set to depart at 3:30 in the afternoon on January 28, 1965 to begin his first world tour. Members that came to the airport saw off True Parents on their ambitious undertaking. True Father established holy grounds in each nation he visited and told the members that they “should become the kind of people who are connected to Heaven’s fortune and protect these holy grounds.” The world tour lasted until October 10.

The Fiftieth Anniversary of 

True Parents’ Visit to Japan

January 28, 1965, Tokyo, Japan 

True Parents, as the first stop on their first world tour, visited Japan on January 28, 1965. Seven years had passed since 1958, when Choi Bong-chun began his missionary work in Japan. True Parents made holy grounds in eight places: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Takamtsu, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Sendai. On the last day, True Father encouraged the members there by saying, “You should become people that think, ‘No one has loved Japan more than I have’ or ‘No one among the billions of people on earth loved Japan with a heart more intense than mine.’ If you can do this, your heart, which loves not only the present but also the past and the future, will cause you to become a historic person.” This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of True Parents’ visit to Japan.

The Founding of Sunhwa Academy

January 30, 1976, Seoul, Korea

Sunhwa Academy was founded at 25-beonji Neung-dong, Seongdong Borough, Seoul on January 30, 1976. Thanks to the establishment of the school corporation, Sunhwa Academy, Little Angels Arts School, was able to gain a stable foundation for management. On February 8 of the next year, the first class of Little Angels Arts School graduated, and its name was changed to Sunhwa Arts School on the 16th of the same month. Sunhwa Arts High School was established the following March 4 and it has now nested itself in the society as the mecca of arts education with forty years of history.