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| President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to honor the inauguration of Ven. Seongpa in Seoul, March 30. Yonhap |
President Moon Jae-in attended a ceremony to honor the inauguration of Ven. Seongpa as spiritual leader of the Jogye Order, Korea's largest Buddhist sect, Wednesday.
Ven. Seongpa was elected as the 15th Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order in December last year and started his five-year term last week.
This was the first time that a sitting president has attended a Buddhist ritual for the Supreme Patriarch, Cheong Wa Dae officials said.
The Supreme Patriarch, or "Jongjeong" in Korean, is the highest authority in the Buddhist sect but does not oversee its administration. (Yonhap)
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