Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church was first held in 1961 for 36 couples in Seoul, South Korea by Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han, shortly after their own marriage in 1960. All the couples were members of the Unification Church. Moon matched all of the couples except the 12 who were already married to each other from before joining the church, which was officially founded in 1954. Later Blessing ceremonies were larger in scale but followed the same pattern with all participants Unification Church members and Moon matching most of the couples. In 1982 the first large scale Blessing held outside of
Un Jin Moon Un Jin Moon Un Jin Moon (born 1967) is a Korean American equestrian and a daughter of Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon. She was chosen by the Korean Athletic Committee to participate in the equestrian competition of the Asian Games. Moon's first marriage to Jun Heon Park was arranged by her parents and resulted in two children. She left the marriage and moved to Virginia. She sought custody of her children. Moon's interest in horses led her father to build her a $10 million riding facility. In 1998, she remarried, to Rodney Jenkins, Hall of Fame Grand Prix Show