Peggy Fletcher StackFour years after President Russell M. Nelson announced the building of a Latter-day Saint temple in Syracuse, that sacred edifice is nearly ready for the public to get a peek.
On Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that members of the media can tour Utah’s newest temple — on the east shore of the Great Salt Lake in Davis County — on May 7 and invited guests will follow on May 8 and 9.
A public open house will run from May 10 through 31.
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) General authority Seventy Kevin R. Duncan speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Syracuse Utah Temple in June 2021.
The single-spired, three-story, 89,000-square-foot Syracuse Temple is poised to be dedicated on June 8. It is the church’s 31st planned or existing temple in Utah and the third in Davis County.
Latter-day Saints view a temple as a House of the Lord, a place where the faithful participate in their religion’s highest rituals, including eternal marriage.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.