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Sister Gerry Avant, Church News editor, is in Kyiv, Ukraine, to report on events relating to the Kyiv Ukraine Temple dedication. Here are some of the photos she has sent from Kyiv. (This gallery will be updated as photos arrive from Sister Avant.)
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house brochure.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Visitors leave after touring the Kyiv Ukraine Temple during its open house, which concluded on Saturday, Aug. 21.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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On Aug. 25, Elder Spencer Bowen makes a follow-up phone call to an individual who, during the Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house, filled out a request for missionaries to visit.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Church members from Sumi, Ukraine, arrive at Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house after traveling six hours by bus.
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Members arrive from Odessa on the last day of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house, Saturday, Aug. 21.
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Svetiana Anisiforva and her son, Maxim Anisiforv traveled from Odessa to attend the Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house. Sister Anisforva served as a host for the open house on Saturday afternoon.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Andrey and Galina and son, Elisey, 5, visit Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house on Saturday, Aug. 21.
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Howard L. Biddulph served as president of the the first president of the Ukraine Kiev Mission. He and Sister Colleen Biddulph served from 1991-1994. They have returned for the dedication of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.
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Irina Trushena greets Colleen Biddulph on the final day of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house, Aug. 21. With them is Marilyn Bradshaw, Sister Biddulph's sister-in-law.
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Howard L. Biddulph served as president of the first president of the Ukraine Kiev Mission. He and Sister Colleen Biddulph served from 1991-1994. They have returned for the dedication of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house materials.
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Vladimir Kanchenko was called as the first president of the Kyiv Ukraine Stake when it was organized in 2004. With him on the Kyiv Ukraine Temple grounds is his wife, Tatiana.
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Sister Anahit Helelyan of Armenia and Sister Amy Alletto of Parker, Colo., are on hand to answer visitors questions during Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house.
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Olexiy Ivanenko, the first stake patriarch called from Ukraine, is a counselor in the Kyiv Ukraine Temple presidency.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Primary children in the Borschagivsky Ward, Kyiv Ukraine Stake, attend Church in a meetinghouse on the grounds of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple. The Primary song "I Love to See the Temple" has special meaning to them.
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Primary children in the Borschagivsky Ward, Kyiv Ukraine Stake, attend Church in a meetinghouse on the grounds of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.
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Church members serving as hosts at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house meet with visitors in the meetinghouse adjacent to the temple to answer the guests' questions about the Church and the temple.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple open house.
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On Sept. 12, 1991, Elder Boyd K. Packer offered a blessing on the land of Ukraine. The brief ceremony took place at the base of a statue honoring Prince Vladimir, who declared his realm would be Christian.
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On Sept. 12, 1991, Elder Boyd K. Packer offered a blessing on the land of Ukraine. The brief ceremony took place at the base of a statue honoring Prince Vladimir, who declared his realm would be Christian.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple is seen in background; at left front is a building housing an LDS meetinghouse and mission office; at right is building for temple patron and mission housing and a distribution center.
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Scenes from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Scenes from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Enjoying a national holiday Tuesday, Aug. 24, people visit a World War II memorial in Kiev, Ukraine. Tuesday, Aug., 24, 2010.
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Motherland statue stands in center of World War II memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Ukrainian flag.
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Enjoying a national holiday Tuesday, Aug. 24, people visit a World War II memorial in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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Enjoying a national holiday Tuesday, Aug. 24, people visit a World War II memorial in Kiev, Ukraine. Tuesday, Aug., 24, 2010.
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Scenic view in Kyiv, Ukraine, photographed on Aug. 24, 2010.
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Sculpture titled "Sad Memory of Childhood" stands in square at the Memorial in Commemoration of the Famines' Victims in Ukraine.
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Scenic view of Kyiv, Ukraine, photographed on Aug. 24, 2010.
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Lavre monastery complex near downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, photographed on Aug. 24, 2010.
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Scenic view of Kyiv, Ukraine, photographed on Aug. 24, 2010.
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Part of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple complex provides housing for temple patrons, temple missionaries and a distribution center.
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Kyiv Ukraine Temple
