Sun Myung Moon (born February 25, 1920) is the Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church. He is also the founder of many other organizations and projects involved in political, cultural, artistic, mass-media, educational, public service, and other activities. One of the best-known of these is the conservative Washington Times newspaper. He is famous for holding blessing ceremonies, often referred to as "mass weddings".
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Sun Myung Moon (born February 25, 1920) is the Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church. He is also the founder of many other organizations and projects involved in political, cultural, artistic, mass-media, educational, public service, and other activities. One of the best-known of these is the conservative Washington Times newspaper. He is famous for holding blessing ceremonies, often referred to as "mass weddings".
Moon has said, and it is believed by Unification Church members, that he is the Messiah and the Second Coming of Christ and is fulfilling Jesus' unfinished mission. He has been among the most controversial modern religious leaders, both for his religious beliefs and for his social and political activism.
He was born in 1920 in northern Korea and named Yong Myung Moon.(After changed to Sun Myung Moon) His birthday was recorded as January 6 by the lunar calendar.
Moon was born in Sangsa-ri (δΈζι, lit. "high-thought village"), Deogun-myon, Jeongju-gun,...
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