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October 21, 2020

Hello family. North America welcomes Dr. Chung Sik Yong as the new Regional President. Watch Dr. Yong's inaugural address. And Happy Golden Anniversary to the 777 Couples!

Welcome Dr. Chung Sik Yong

Introducing the new FFWPU North America Regional President

Dr. Chung Sik Yong and his wife Mrs. Yoshie Yong FFWPU-USA

Dr. Chung Sik Yong, 63, is a native of Korea and has spent the last 12 years as a bedrock of the Unificationist movement in Asia.

Dr. Yong served as the Regional Chair for the Universal Peace Federation of Asia from May 2008 to October 2020. Before taking this responsibility, he served as the Regional Chair for UPF in Oceania for five years.

From 1990 until 2003, Dr. Yong worked in various nations throughout the world, including: Japan; the United States of America (both in Washington D.C. and New York); Puerto Rico; the Philippines; Thailand; Singapore; and Malaysia (where he lived for five years).

Dr. Yong received his Doctorate Degree in theology from Sun Moon University in Korea in 2005. In 2003, he earned a Master of Business Administration from Gwangju University, also in Korea.

In 1988 he was blessed in marriage by Father and Mother Moon to Yoshie Sasaki, from Japan, and they have three children: two sons and one daughter.

Watch Dr. Yong's Inaugural Address

A virtual Appointment Ceremony was held on Tuesday, October 20, at 10:00 a.m. in Korea. Below is his inauguration speech at the appointment ceremony and his words for True Mother and for America.

Happy Golden Anniversary to the 777 Couples!

777 couples receiving the Marriage Blessing from Father and Mother Moon in Korea 50 years ago on October 21, 1970 FFWPU-USA

The 777 Couples Holy Marriage Blessing Ceremony, held on October 21, 1970 in Korea, was the last Holy Marriage Blessing Ceremony conducted by True Parents in Korea before the globalization of the Unification Church. With this Marriage Blessing, True Father began a significant tradition of interracial and intercultural marriages. True Father has referred to the this Marriage Blessing as the foundation for connecting the people of the world together, and “marks the beginning of a new era transcending races and tribes. From that time, the Unification Church began its work worldwide.” (Rev. Moon, 10.14.1978)

True Father brought together people from ten different nations for the this Marriage Blessing Ceremony. Originally, True Father’s goal was to bless in marriage a total of 777 couples, but the actual total was 791 couples. He ended up engaging more than the original goal of 777 because a few couples might not have made it on the day of the Marriage Blessing Ceremony due to illness or military service. In order to ensure that they did not fall short of the promised number, he ended up blessing in marriage a total of 791 couples.

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"The 777 Couples are worthy of our pride. You represent the tribes of the world."

- Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon

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