3,500 couples from countries all around the world exchanged wedding vows in a mass wedding ceremony at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong-gun today. The blessing is a regular event in the Unification Church's calender, and has been taking place since the early sixties. It's the first mass wedding since the death of the church's founder, Moon Sun-Myung, in September last year. The service is now run by his widow, Hak Ja Han Moon