The new Bangkok Thailand Temple’s golden glow: Three new temples nearing completion, dedication
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In February, presidents were named for three unfinished temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Since then, the church has announced open house and dedication dates for two of the three temples.
The public is now welcome to drive onto the grounds of the third, the Orem Utah Temple, which appears mostly complete on the outside, with maturing landscaping.
Fewer than 19 miles away, the general public can walk through the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple right now. The temple’s open house has been underway for nearly two months and runs through July 8.
Each of the three temples is located in notably distinct places.
Orem Utah Temple
The pending completion, dedication and opening of the Orem and Saratoga Springs temples will clear the way for the church to close and begin an extensive renovation and dramatic redesign of the Provo Utah Temple.
Orem alone is home to 26 stakes of the church. (A stake is a grouping of five to 12 wards, or congregations.) The Provo temple and Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple were at capacity before the Payson Utah Temple (2015) and Provo City Center Temple (2016) were dedicated.
Workers have been building a seventh temple in Utah County, in Lindon, since April 2022.
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