August 20, 1985, 3:15 a.m., Belvedere, USA The holy water ceremony.

The Blessed couples living in the vicinity of New York City gathered in the training center of Belvedere on August 20, 1985, at 3:15 a.m., right after the Teacher's release from prison to listen to the Teacher's heart-felt explanation of the significance of, and participated in the holy water ceremony conducted by Mr. Hyo Jin Moon.

This was based on the Day of One Victory that took place in East Garden on August 16 at 7 a.m., and this was meant to bequeath the significance and meaning of that ceremony.

The Day of One Victory was proclaimed at the welcoming ceremony for Mr. Hyo Jin Moon, who came back after the successful conclusion of the forty-day workshop of the Blessed children held in Korea.

This also was the ceremony of triumph that celebrated the new beginning on the 16th, the day after the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II on August 15, 1945. In the proclamation ceremony of the Day of One Victory that began at 7 a.m. Father spoke until 10:35, and by giving a prayer of blessing and conducting the holy water ceremony, he declared the confirmation of the right of the oldest son.

In the holy water ceremony, the True Parents and all of the true children participated, and twelve people who represented the membership and the twelve tribes participated, and all the participants drank the newly created holy water. Using four bottles of Il-Hwa spring water as the seed water, after the True Parents' placing them on the table in the living room of East Garden and praying over them, they were poured into small cups and given to the True Children and the representative blessed couples to drink in a specified order. (Sa-Bo, #46, p6)