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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the dates of the open house and dedication of the Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple and the groundbreaking ceremony of the Grand Rapids Michigan Temple. Renderings have also been released for the San Jose California and Grand Rapids Michigan Temples.
Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
The Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple will be dedicated by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Greenwich mean time. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all units in the temple district.
Prior to the dedication, a media day will be held on Monday, April 28, 2025. Invited guests will tour the temple on April 29 and 30. The temple will be open to the public for tours from Thursday, May 1, through Saturday, May 17, 2025 (excluding Sundays).
The Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple was announced by then Church President Thomas S. Monson during the April 2015 general conference.
“As we enter through the doors of the temple, we leave behind us the distractions and confusion of the world. Inside this sacred sanctuary, we find beauty and order. There is rest for our souls and a respite from the cares of our lives,” he said.
The Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple will be the first in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, a West African country also known as the Ivory Coast.
The first Latter-day Saints from this country consisted of two families who originally joined the Church in Europe in the 1980s. Today, this area is home to more than 63,000 Latter-day Saints in over 260 congregations. Ivorian Saints stand out for their dedication to family history and temple work, often bringing their own family names and ordinance workers.
Grand Rapids Michigan Temple
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Grand Rapids Michigan Temple will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2024. Elder Mathias Held, First Counselor in the North America Northeast Area Presidency, will preside.
The Grand Rapids Michigan Temple will be built on a 10.5-acre site located at 2400 Forest Hill Avenue SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 20,000 square feet.
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