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Mormon Church in Ukraine

Mormon Church in Ukraine

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon Church) in Ukraine is not a very long one. Once part of the Soviet Union, completely closed off to Mormon missionaries, Ukraine only opened up for the preaching of the gospel in October 1990. By September 1991, about 70 people had baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Official recognition for the Church was granted by the government on September 9 of that year, and visas were granted to a total of 20 missionaries. Then-Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the country for the preaching of the gospel on September 12. In his dedicatory prayer, he said: We are gathered here as missionaries and as members, a small group. This gathering is prescient of the tens and the hundreds and the thousands and the hundreds of thousands that will yet join Thy Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in this... Read the rest of this article »

The Kiev Ukraine Mormon Temple

The Kiev Ukraine Mormon Temple

The Kyiv Ukraine Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), was announced on July 20, 1998.  With great anticipation, and almost a decade later,  the site was dedicated and the groundbreaking ceremony held under the direction of Paul B. Pieper, President of the Europe East Area of the Church. By December of 2008, the scaffolding was in place along the completed exterior walls of the Kyiv Temple in preparation for the laying of exterior stone and for the addition of the well-known spire with Angel Moroni heralding the good news of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Mormons believe that the Church Christ established while on the earth, and which was lost after his death and that of his apostles, is now again on the earth. The spire of the temple, is symbolic of the resurrected being who appeared to Joseph Smith, a modern prophet chosen by God, with instructions from the Lord, to enable the restoration of all things. The... Read the rest of this article »

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