The San Salvador El Salvador Temple is the 135th
temple
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of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...
(LDS Church). It is the fourth temple to be built in Central America and the first in El Salvador.
History
Announced in 2007, construction began on the temple in September 2008. On 20 September, ground was broken and the site was dedicated by
Don R. Clarke, of the
Seventy
70 (seventy) is the natural number following 69 and preceding 71.
In mathematics
70 is:
* a sphenic number because it factors as 3 distinct primes.
* a Pell number.
* the seventh pentagonal number.
* the fourth tridecagonal number.
* the fif ...
and president of the church's Central America
Area
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.
The temple is in
Antiguo Cuscatlán
Antiguo Cuscatlán ''(colloquially known as Antiguo)'' is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, and its eastern tip lays in San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvado ...
, an affluent district southwest of San Salvador. The
San Salvador volcano provides a background for the temple grounds and the three-story building.
A public open house was scheduled for 1–23 July 2011.
The temple was dedicated on 21 August 2011, in three dedicatory sessions.
In 2020, the San Salvador El Salvador Temple was closed temporarily during the year in response to the
coronavirus pandemic
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.
[Stack, Peggy Fletcher]
"All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus"
'' The Salt Lake Tribune'', 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.
Gallery
File:Mormon Temple of The Salvador.JPG, July 2011
File:Mormon Temple San Salbador.jpg, July 2011
File:Temple Mormon of El Salvador.JPG, July 2011
File:Temple SUD of The Salvador.JPG, July 2011
See also
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Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
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Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
On December 27, 1832, two years after the organization of the Church of Christ, the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, stated he received a revelation that called upon church members to restore the practice of temple worship. The Latter Day Saints ...
References
External links
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San Salvador El Salvador Temple Official siteSan Salvador El Salvador Temple
at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org
{{LDS-North-America
21st-century Latter Day Saint temples
Buildings and structures in San Salvador
Religious buildings and structures in El Salvador
Religious buildings and structures completed in 2011
Temples (LDS Church) in Latin America
Temples (LDS Church) in North America
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in El Salvador
2011 establishments in El Salvador