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About an hour north of Seoul, tucked away in the sweeping hills and valleys of Gapyeong County in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, is a heavenly garden—a serene place where lush vegetation flourishes most of the year, and home to the Hyojeong Cheonwon Project, a peaceful community for God to dwell.
“True Father came to call this area Cheonwon, which means ‘heavenly garden,’ said historian and editor Julian Gray of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) International. “True Parents were so touched by the beauty here that they felt it was a land prepared by God.”
Sixty years ago, the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and his wife Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, co-founders of FFWPU and affectionately known as True Parents, first visited the sprawling land neighboring the small town of Seorak and Cheongpyeong Lake. Inspired by the beautiful landscape, they envisioned their community project.
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