Hak Ja Han Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Wedding ceremonies=== [[File:TPblessing ceremony.jpg|thumb|Mass wedding ceremony conducted by Han and Moon.]] Han and Moon together presided over the [[mass wedding]] ceremonies for which the Unification Church is noted. (''See:'' [[Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church]].) In 1997, they donned crowns and gold-trimmed robes to lead a mass wedding and [[marriage rededication ceremony]] in Washington, D.C. for 20,000 couples, 2,500 of them Unification members whose marriages had been arranged by Moon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WashingtonPost.com: The Cult Controversy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/unification/wedd97.htm |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Ministers of other religions acted as "co-officiators."<ref>[http://www.cesnur.org/testi/moon_1199.htm From the Unification Church to the Unification Movement, 1994-1999: Five Years of Dramatic Changes] Massimo Introvigne, [[Center for Studies on New Religions]] "The ceremony in Washington, D.C., included six "co-officiators" from other faiths, including controversial minister Louis Farrakhan from the Nation of Islam. The Blessing ceremony in Seoul on February 7, 1999 also featured seven co-officiators including Orthodox Rabbi Virgil Kranz (Chairman of the American Jewish Assembly), controversial Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo and the General Superintendent of the Church of God in Christ (a large African American Pentecostal denomination), Rev. T.L. Barrett."</ref> In 1997, Han presided with her husband over a marriage affirmation ceremony for 28,000 couples, some married and some newly engaged, in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1997-11-30 |title=28,000 Couples Gather for Rev. Moon Rites |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/30/us/28000-couples-gather-for-rev-moon-rites.html |access-date=2023-07-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> During the ceremony Han and Moon sprinkled [[holy water]] on the couples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} ASIA-PACIFIC {{!}} In pictures: Moonies' mass wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/641588.stm |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page