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The Salt Lake Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.At 253,015 square feet (23,505.9 m 2), it is the largest Latter-day Saint temple by floor area.
They notably do not feature the angel Moroni statue that is featured atop most LDS temples. Three additional temples (which were built in the 2010s and 2020s), also do not feature a spire, though are not meant to replicate Solomon's Temple. These are the Meridian Idaho, Paris France Temple, and Lima Peru Los Olivos temples.
The interior of an LDS Temple, however, looks nothing like a traditional Christian house of worship. Inside the Tallahassee Florida Temple, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.
The temple has four progressive-style ordinance rooms and eight sealing rooms, the final ordinance room being in the French Baroque style. [12] The total floor area is 100,373 sq ft (9,325 m 2). The ordinance rooms feature painted murals. the Creation Room mural is the oldest mural in any LDS temple.
The San Diego California Temple is the 47th constructed and 45th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [1] Located near the La Jolla community of San Diego, it was built with two main spires, but unique to this temple are four smaller spires at the base of each main spire.
The Washington D.C. Temple (originally known as the Washington Temple, until 1999), is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Located in Kensington, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., and near the Capital Beltway, it was the church's first temple built east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple was completed in 1846.
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 previously dedicated, but closed for renovation [2]), 3 scheduled for dedication, 48 under construction, 2 scheduled for groundbreaking, [3], and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [4]
The importance of temples is often emphasized in weekly meetings, and regular participation in "temple work" is strongly encouraged for all Latter-day Saints (LDS). Within temples, members of the church make covenants , receive instructions, and perform sacred ceremonies and ordinances , such as baptism for the dead , washing and anointing (or ...