Commemoration on the First Anniversary of the Cheon Il Guk Foundation Day

1st Anniversary of Foundation Day 2014 and Cosmic Blessing Ceremony by the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind

Cheongshim Peace World Center
1.13 by the Heavenly Calendar, 2nd year of Cheon Il Guk at 10:00am(12th Feb)

“Holy Blessing on the First Anniversary of Foundation Day 2014””
A Foundation Day Anniversary Festivity Event

Proceedings of the 2014 Cosmic Blessing by the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind

The 2014 Cosmic Blessing by the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind was held after the Commemoration Ceremony. Kyeong-Seuk Ryu, Korean President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, presided over the event. Heavenly Parent and The True Parents of Heaven and Earth carried out a grand ceremony in which the handsome couples that transcended race, nationality and culture, were all reborn together as Cheon Il Guk blessed families. On this day, about 18,400 beautiful participants from 43 countries were in attendance on site, and were joined through satellite broadcast by 20,000 couples, with 23,800 couples from around the world registering their families through the blessing of heaven.

The beautiful couples and blessed families all gave a round of applause for True Parents’ entrance, which was followed by by the Holy Water Ceremony. True Mother asked the couples during the wedding vows, “Do you, as men and women who are to consummate the ideal of the creation of God, pledge to inherit the tradition of the True Parents of Heaven and Earth, and consummate an ideal family that aspires to bring about Cheon Il Guk?” The participating brides and grooms took the first leap into their new true families centered on true love when they shouted in a joyful chorus, “Yes!”

The benediction was given by True Father, from a Blessing that he had presided over previously. The grace of the ceremony seemed to swell throughout the Cheong Shim Peace World Center as True Father’s benediction echoed throughout the venue. The brides and grooms shed tears, moved by True Father’s prayer, and the blessed families reflected on their own blessings and resolved anew to create ideal families.

▲True Parents’ official entrance

▲Korean President Kyeong-Seuk Ryu presiding over the Blessing.

▲True Parents performing the Holy Water Ceremony

▲True Parents reading the Marriage Vows

▲Brides and grooms receiving the benediction of True Parents

▲Brides and grooms receiving gifts from True Parents

▲Brides and grooms exchanging rings

The Overflowing Happiness and Grace of the Blessed Brides and Grooms

After True Parents’ benediction and the exchanging of the rings, True Mother read the Proclamation of Marriage. In gratitude for the Proclamation of Marriage, representative couples ascended the stage and offered flowers and gifts to the True Parents of Heaven and Earth. Congratulatory performances were offered as the finale of the event. The celebratory performance was a musical prepared by Cheong Shim, titled, “Filial Piety.”

Mr. Lambos of Greece reflected happily, “As I child, I always longed in my heart for Korea, the homeland of faith. I am so grateful that I was able to meet a Korean wife at this blessing and that we were chosen as the representatives to offer the flower bouquets to True Parents. It is an honor that I will cherish and never forget for my entire life.”

▲Proclamation of Marriage by True Parents

▲A representative couple offers flower bouquets to True Parents

▲A representative couple offers gifts.

▲Panorama of the 2014 Cosmic Blessing Ceremony by the True Parents of Heaven and Earth

▲Celebratory performance by the Cheong Shim Musical Team

▲Choir sings “Mother, Sister” for the finale.

▲Asian Continental Director Chang-Shik Yang leads the audience in three cheers of Eok Mansei

▲Three Cheers of Eok Mansei