Bulgaria bars visit by controversial Korean Evangelist Moon.Officials of Bulgaria have barred the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Noun 1. Sun Myung Moon - United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920) Moon , the controversial thunder of the Unification Church Unification Church, religious sect founded (1954) in Korea by Sun Myung Moon. Moon moved to the United States in 1971. He and his wife, Hak J. Han, are seen by followers as "True Parents. , from entering the country. The Religion News Service reported that Christian groups and one of Bulgaria's nationalist political parties protested the planned visit by Moon to a gathering of Unification (programming) unification - The generalisation of pattern matching that is the logic programming equivalent of instantiation in logic. When two terms are to be unified, they are compared. members at a hotel in Sofia, the nation's capital. The Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior issued a statement insisting that "the presence of Sun Myung Moon in Bulgaria is undesirable." The nation, which officially recognizes the Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian: Българска православна църква, , requires all religious groups to seek permission to practice in the country. Twice in the 1990s, the government denied registration to Unification members. Moon claims to be the messiah sent to complete the failed mission of Jesus and seeks to unite all religions and governments under his leadership. |
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