Mormons Open Church in Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine -- Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ukraine had reason to celebrate Sunday as Church leaders opened the first temple in the former Soviet Union.

President Thomas S. Monson traveled to Ukraine for the dedication of the Church's 134th operating temple. President Monson and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the Church's First Presidency, led the new temple presidency and their wives to the cornerstone sealing ceremony.
But first, President Monson spoke of what this historic temple means to the Ukrainian saints.

"Thirteen years of our membership, this was the first time that our family was able to go to the temple and the feelings there were incredible." -Katya Konstytyn

"We look forward to the dedication. It will be a day you will ever remember," he said. "It's a day of freedom." 

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