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Chapter 3
Tradition
A. Major Holy Days
1) True Parents’ Day
03.01.1960*
2) True Children’s Day
10.01.1960*
3) Day of All True Things
05.01.1963*
4) True God’s Day
01.01.1968
5) True Parents’ Birthday
01.06.1920* and 1943*
6) Foundation Day for the Nation
of the Unified World
10.03.1988
7) Declaration Day of God’s
Eternal Blessing (7.1 Jeol)
07.01.1991
8) Declaration Day of the Realm of
Cosmic Sabbath for the Parents
of Heaven and Earth (7.8 Jeol)
07.07.1997*
B. Pledge Service
1) Significance
a) Attending God and True Parents
b) The indemnity condition to restore Peter’s
3denials of Jesus
Originally 3 times but today only one time
bowing down
2) Time
a) Holy Days
7:00 a.m.
b) Ahn Shi Il and the first day of each month 5:00a.m.
3) Dress
C. Services
1) Sunday services
Sunday service offers an opportunity for me to
offer myself to God, dividing the good and evil
in my mind.
This is an especially appropriate time to offer
repentance to God for the past week and to
affirm my determination to serve Him in the
coming week.
2) Daily services
D. Tithing
1) Significance
Tithing comes from the biblical tradition of
donating one-tenth of one’s income to God.
The Unification Church tradition of tithing
also includes making offering with an
attitude of attendance to God.
Our donation to serve God and the
worldwide providence should be our first
priority.
2) Amount of tithe
Since originally all things belonged to God, our
minimal attitude of attendance should be to
offer at least one-tenth of all our things to God.
Through this conditional offering, the remaining
nine-tenths of our possessions become godly.
In September 1991, Father initiated a tithe of
30%: 10% for the world level, 10% for the
national level, and 10% for the church level.
3) Types of tithes
a) Tithe of time
God anticipates a minimum donation of threetenths of our time as a commitment to fulfill His
Will.
b) Financial tithes
We should donate three-tenths (at least one-tenth)
of the net amount of our income.
c) Holy Day donations
The amount of money offered is an individual
decision. However, it is recommended
to offer the amount of a Principled number.
E. Indemnity Fund
Fallen people owe a debt to God because of the
denial, betrayal and murder of the Messiah, Jesus.
Judas “sold” Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Each Unification Church member must fulfill a
condition of offering the Indemnity Fund four times.
F. Holy Songs
Singing Holy Songs is like a prayer with
melody. We should sing it meditating on the
Heart and situation of God and True Parents,
then we can feel unity with them in heart.
G. Holy Salt
1) Significance
In order to purify the environment and all things
2) Using Holy Salt
From the Declaration Ceremony for the Beginning
of the Nation of the Fourth Israel, August 20th,
2003, when we are going to use the Cheon Il Guk
holy salt, we should sprinkle the holy salt three
times as in the past, and pray, “I sanctify [this] in
the name of the cosmic parent and the parents of
Heaven and Earth, the True Children’s families,
and [your name] , owner of Cheon Il Guk .”
H. Holy Grounds
Symbolically, Holy Grounds are God’s territory.
In our prayers, we should visualize Holy Grounds
extending over the whole nation and ultimately the
whole world.
A Holy Ground is a representative area of a nation
or a city. It is God’s place, a place where He is
more free to hear our prayers.
I. Unification Church Symbol
1) Circles
The center circle symbolizes God, truth,
life, and light. These four elements reach
out or radiate to the whole cosmos in
twelve directions.
The outer circle represents the harmony of
GRA, the Principle of the cosmos.
2) The square
The square represents the
Four Position Foundation.
3) Colors
Red represents power, energy and positivity.
White, the background color, symbolizes purity
and holiness.
J. Hoon Dok Hae
Hoon
Dok
Hae
“Hoon” means “teaching”; “Dok” means “reading”;
“Hae” means “gathering.”
Hoon Dok Hae Matelials are the Completed
Testament message directly from God.
We have such an absolutely priceless Word.
We should value it, and not only value it for
ourselves, but spread it to others.