Pictures: 2500 couples who met just days ago wed in mass stadium ceremony in South Korea

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Are you sitting comfortably? Seats were laid out in neat rows in the stadium, a vast sports and cultural complex on the outskirts of South Korean capital SeoulWith this ring I thee wed... and what's your name again?
You see, some of these couples (they are all virgins) met just days ago...some of them don't even speak the same language yet they agreed to get married yesterday in a 25,000-seat sports stadium, as a result of their Faith traditions.We do! Some 2,500 couples took part in a mass 'cosmic blessing' today by South Korea's Unification Church, founded by self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon.
The 2500 couples from different walks of life, recited their vows pledging to be faithful to each other at a mass wedding at Moonies Church in South Korea.
After the nuptial, they all agreed to go for 40 days without having sex - it is meant to be an act of paying homage to Jesus who spent 40 days and night in the desert.
See more photos below:
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Stadium: The ceremonies have taken place regularly. The church claims to have three million members but most people say that number is far smaller
Sharing a prayer: But the insistence that leader Rev Moon was the second coming of Christ led him to be regarded with wide suspicion as a cult figure
Devotion: Newlyweds bow to Rev Moon's 71-year-old widow Hak Ja Hang, described by followers who flock from around the world as 'True Mother'
Mass Wedding in South Korea - February 2014 - BellaNaija - 027Mass Wedding in South Korea - February 2014 - BellaNaija - 024Mass Wedding in South Korea - February 2014 - BellaNaija - 026Mass Wedding in South Korea - February 2014 - BellaNaija - 022Mass Wedding in South Korea - February 2014 - BellaNaija - 021Mass Wedding in South Korea - February 2014 - BellaNaija - 025Cult-like: The Rev Moon, pictured left in 1998 with his wife who oversaw today's ceremony, said he had a vision in which God told him to do the messiah's work
Are you sitting comfortably? Seats were laid out in neat rows in the stadium, a vast sports and cultural complex on the outskirts of South Korean capital SeoulWe do! Some 2,500 couples took part in a mass 'cosmic blessing' today by South Korea's Unification Church, founded by self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon
So, if you have got the ring, the dress but not the man...all you need to do is go to Moonies Church ;).

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