Church Reopens 17 Temples For Limited Use; 18 More To Reopen May 25

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Seventeen temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have reopened as part of Phase 1 of the Church’s four-phased plan.

Another 18 temples will reopen May 25, according to the Church.

“With profound gratitude to our Heavenly Father that He has heard our prayers, we rejoice in announcing a careful, phased reopening of temples,” the First Presidency said an a May 11 letter to Church members.

In the first phase of reopening, temple ordinances will be limited to husband-and-wife living sealings for members who are already endowed, according to a Church statement.

Phase 2 will open temples for all living ordinances, and Phase 3 will open temples for all ordinances with restrictions. The fourth phase will open temples for full operations.

The following 17 temples are reopening Monday:

• Atlanta Georgia Temple
• Billings Montana Temple
• Birmingham Alabama Temple
• Bismarck North Dakota Temple
• Copenhagen Denmark Temple
• Gilbert Arizona Temple
• Jordan River Utah Temple
• Memphis Tennessee Temple
• Nashville Tennessee Temple
• Phoenix Arizona Temple
• Seoul Korea Temple
• Snowflake Arizona Temple
• Star Valley Wyoming Temple
• Taipei Taiwan Temple
• The Gila Valley Arizona Temple
• Tucson Arizona Temple
• Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple

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