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Kyiv Ukraine Temple: Photo gallery — preparing for the dedication

Published: Friday, Aug. 27, 2010

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Iryna Nekrasova and Vyacheslav Nekrasov pose on the grounds of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Friday Aug. 27, 2010. They are members of the choir that will sing in one of the sessions held to dedicate the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Sunday, Aug. 29. He is president of the Central Branch in Odessa; they are also temple workers.
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Kateryna Trusova will direct members from Odessa, Ukraine, in their choir's performance during the first session to be held to dedicate the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Members from Belarus will perform a polka during the cultural program on Saturday, Aug. 28, held in conjunction with the dedication on Aug. 29 of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.
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Elena Liudvikovskaya of Belarus is among dancers who will perform a polka during the cultural program on Saturday, Aug. 28.
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Members for the Almaty Branch, in Kazakhstan (part of the Russia Moscow West Mission), traveled by plane for five hours to participate in the cultural celebration to be held Saturday, Aug. 28, in conjunction with the dedication of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Aug. 29. They will perform a traditional Kazak folk dance.
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Vasile and Ana Maria Doru and their children, Joseph, 2; Diana, 9, and Maria, 11, arrived at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Friday Aug. 27, 2010; they traveled 20 hours from their home in Romania.

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Members from the Ukraine Donetsk Mission arrive at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Friday morning, Aug. 27, 2010. They traveled 15 hours by train and then by bus to arrive at the temple.
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Elena Nikolaeva directs Kyiv Ukraine Stake Choir during a rehearsal Friday morning, Aug. 27, 2010; the choir will sing during the cornerstone ceremony at the dedication Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Members from the Ukraine Donetsk Mission arrive at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Friday morning, Aug. 27, 2010. They traveled 15 hours by train and then by bus to arrive at the temple.
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Members from Odessa, Ukraine, arrive at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple Friday morning to rehearse for choir's performance during the first session to be held to dedicate the temple on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Members from the Ukraine Donetsk Mission arrive at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Friday morning, Aug. 27, 2010. They traveled 15 hours by train and then by bus to arrive at the temple.
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Members of the Kyiv Ukraine Stake choir rehearse Friday Aug. 27, 2010, at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple; the choir will perform during the cornerstone ceremony during the temple's dedication on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Elena Frolova, left, Lilia Kiriyenko and Totyana Kichenko are among members from the Ukraine Donetsk Mission who arrived at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Friday morning, Aug. 27. They traveled 15 hours by train and then by bus to arrive at the temple.
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Elena Nikolaeva directs Kyiv Ukraine Stake Choir during a rehearsal Friday morning, Aug. 27, 2010; the choir will sing during the cornerstone ceremony at the dedication Kyiv Ukraine Temple on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Members of the Kyiv Ukraine Stake choir rehearse Friday Aug. 27, 2010, at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple; the choir will perform during the cornerstone ceremony during the temple's dedication on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Pavel Yatsyuk, left, Olena Shykht and Tevgenii Maksymov pose for photo after rehearsing with choir on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in preparation for the Kyiv Ukraine Temple cornerstone ceremony Sunday morning, Aug. 29.
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Members of the Kyiv Ukraine Stake choir rehearse Friday Aug. 27, 2010, at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple; the choir will perform during the cornerstone ceremony during the temple's dedication on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Members of the Kyiv Ukraine Stake choir rehearse Friday Aug. 27, 2010, at the Kyiv Ukraine Temple; the choir will perform during the cornerstone ceremony during the temple's dedication on Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Tevgenii Maksymov's family joined the Church 17 years ago. He leaves on Sept. 13 to serve in the Russia Samara Mission. He rehearsed Friday Aug. 27, 2010, at Kyiv Ukraine Temple in preparation for singing at the cornerstone ceremony Sunday morning, Aug. 29.
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From left, Tanya Gegalchiy, of Kyiv, Ukraine; Sergey Udaltsov of Kharkov, Ukraine; and Mary Sosyak of Donetsk, Ukraine, served as missionaries in the Russia St. Petersburg Mission. They were on the Kyiv Ukraine Temple grounds on Friday Aug. 27, 2010.
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Lada Serdiuk will play the violin in an orchestra during a cultural celebration held Saturday, Aug. 28, in conjunction with the dedication on Sunday of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple. "This is something that happens only once in a lifetime, to see the prophet and hear him talk directly to us."