Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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The Kyiv Ukraine Temple is the 134th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in Sofiivska Borshchahivka,[2] near Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine), it is the 11th temple of the LDS Church in Europe, the first located within the territory of the former Soviet Union,[3] and the second in the former Eastern Bloc (the Freiberg Germany Temple, dedicated in 1985 in the former German Democratic Republic, was the first).
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Number | 134 | |||
Dedication | 29 August 2010, by Thomas S. Monson[1] | |||
Site | 12.35 acres (5.00 ha) | |||
Floor area | 22,184 sq ft (2,061.0 m2) | |||
Height | 137.8 ft (42.0 m) | |||
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Announced | 20 July 1998, by Gordon B. Hinckley | |||
Groundbreaking | 23 June 2007, by Paul B. Pieper | |||
Open house | 7–21 August 2010 | |||
Current president | Borys Evgen’evich Vyshnevskyi | |||
Designed by | MHTN and Strabag AG | |||
Location | Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Ukraine | |||
Geographic coordinates | 50°24′15.04080″N 30°23′43.16639″E | |||
Exterior finish | Amarelo Macieira granite with quartzite crystals | |||
Baptistries | 1 | |||
Ordinance rooms | 2 (Two-stage progressive) | |||
Sealing rooms | 2 | |||
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