St. George is one step closer to having two temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elder Jeffrey Holland on Saturday presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for the Red Cliffs Utah Temple.
The new temple is named for the red rock landscape that will surround it. It will be three stories and 90,000 square feet. The temple will sit on a 14-acre parcel of land northeast of 3000 East 1580 South.
The city is already home to the St. George Utah Temple, the first completed temple in Utah, which was dedicated in 1877. It closed in November 2019 for renovations but is supposed to reopen in 2022.
Attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony was limited because of the health risk posed by COVID-19.
“Sadly, the limitations and dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic are still with us,” Elder Holland prayed at the ceremony, according to a news release. “We pray that this plague will soon be lifted and that the many who are restricted from witnessing this groundbreaking will soon be able to witness the dedication of a beautifully completed house of the Lord.”
Ground was officially broken for the Taylorsville Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 31, one week before the St. George groundbreaking. The two temples are among 25 temples operating, under renovation, under construction or announced in Utah. There are 17 temples currently operating in the state.
from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/2UbnggR
November 08, 2020 at 07:11AM
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