The new Meridian, Idaho, LDS Church temple will begin tours this coming Saturday as part of a four-week open house. (Photo courtesy LDS Church)
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A choir sang at The LDS Church's dedication of their temple in Meridian, Idaho on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) D.Todd Christofferson attended a cultural celebration before The LDS Church dedicated their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Dieter F. Uchtdorf addresses 6,000 mormons during a celebration for the Meridian Temple on Saturday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Dieter F. Uchtdorf puts mortar around the cornerstone of The LDS Church's temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Dieter F. Uchtdorf addresses 6,000 mormons during a celebration for the Meridian Temple on Saturday.
(Courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The LDS Church held a cultural celebration Saturday before dedicating their temple in Meridian, Idaho, on Sunday.
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday dedicated a temple in Meridian, Idaho — the fifth in the state.
The Utah-based LDS Church announced the temple in April 2011 and broke ground Aug. 23, 2014. It becomes the LDS Church’s 158th temple worldwide.
Marble used inside the temple was quarried from Egypt, Italy and Spain, according to a release from the LDS Church. The dome of the temple is octagonal and covered with titanium shingles that change color — from brown to gold to tan — depending on the sunlight, the release states.
In April, LDS President Thomas Monson announced that a sixth Idaho temple will be built in Pocatello.
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