Providential places

North Pyongan, Korea (now DPRK)

Rev. Sun Myung Moon was born here on 6 January 1920 (lunar). The village lies in present-day North Korea.

North Korea

On Easter morning, 17 April 1935, the 15-year-old Sun Myung Moon, praying on this mountain, received the call from Jesus that began his mission.

Hamhung, North Korea

Rev. Moon was sentenced to five years' hard labor here in 1948 by the North Korean communist regime. He was freed by the United Nations forces in October 1950, after 2 years and 8 months.

South Pyongan, Korea

Birthplace of Hak Ja Han Moon on 10 January 1943 (lunar), into a deeply Christian family that would later flee south during the Korean War.

South Korea

The first Holy Ground of the Unification movement. Rev. Moon founded the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity here on 1 May 1954.

Seoul, South Korea

Site of the Holy Wedding of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han on 11 April 1960 — the founding event of the True Family.

Gapyeong, South Korea

The spiritual heart of the contemporary movement. Site of major Blessing ceremonies and the residence of True Mother since 2012.

Tarrytown, New York, USA

The training center of the American Unification Church through the 1970s and ’80s. Site of countless leadership conferences and speeches.

Irvington, New York, USA

The home of the True Family in the United States from the 1970s onward.

New York City, USA

Site of the 1 July 1982 Holy Marriage Blessing of 2,075 couples — the ceremony that introduced the Blessing to mainstream Western media.

Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Rev. Moon served 13 months here in 1984–85 on a controversial tax conviction. A major chapter in the movement's American story.

Cheongpyeong, South Korea

The "Original Palace of Cheon Il Guk" — a granite palace and museum complex completed in 2006 as the central palace of the realized Kingdom.

Gapyeong, South Korea

The Cheongshim International Medical Center, where Rev. Moon ascended (Seonghwa) on 3 September 2012 at age 92.