Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency is back to Monday major temple construction announcements. A few minutes ago, they officially announced the groundbreaking arrangements for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple and released the initial official details for the Florianopolis Brazil Temple. Let's get right into the details:
Ground will be broken for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple on Saturday, March 15, 2025, with Elder Denelson Silva, Second Counselor in the Africa South Area Presidency, presiding at that ceremony. Interestingly enough, the announcement did not include an exterior rendering for that temple, which has not yet been released.
But given its' announced size and how materials for the construction of that temple will have to be shipped in (due to Madagascar being separated from the rest of the African continent), I am assuming this temple will be modular, with a rendering released in the next week or two. This temple groundbreaking will occur 1 week before the previously announced groundbreaking for the Birmingham England Temple.
The total number of temple groundbreakings set for this year thus far has now risen to 4. Last year, the fourth temple groundbreaking was set for June 1, so we are several weeks ahead with temple groundbreakings this year as compared to last year. And the Church could very easily double the current number (4) by the end of this quarter.
That said, let's move on to the details about the Florianopolis Brazil Temple. That temple was announced in April of last year. With no estimated square footage announced, what we do know is that a 5.5-acre site at Rua Cassol, 1120, Kobrasol, São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil will serve as the temple's location. Whenever more details are announced, I will be sure to pass them along here.
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A rendering has been released for the Antananarivo Madagascar Temple: https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/antananarivo-madagascar-temple/photographs/#Official
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where the source is from, as the articles on both newsrooms still don't show it.
Since the rendering does not appear in either the Newsroom release or the Church News article, and since the Church Temples site is not, by its' own acknowledgement, an official website of the Church, I am not sure where that rendering was acquired or why it's being featured on the page in question. Until the Church confirms that this is indeed the official rendering, I'd therefore take it with the proverbial grain of salt. Just my two cents in response to this information. Thanks for commenting, Noah!
Deletehttps://news-africa.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/groundbreaking-for-antananarivo-madagascar-temple-announced
DeleteThe African Newsroom released the rendering in the announcment. Makes a lot more sense now.
If that is the case, then that strengthens theidea that it is the official rendering. Weird that the rendering in question was not featured in either the Newsroom announcement or the Church News coverage of the announcement. I wonder why that is. Thanks, Noah!
DeleteAs alluded to by Noah in his comment above, the Church News has covered today's updates on the Antananarivo groundbreaking and the Florianopolis site confirmation. And as I mentioned in my response to Noah's comment above, unless and until the Church officially confirms that the rendering for the Antananarivo temple as featured in the Church Temples site page noted above is the actual rendering take the rendering in question with the proverbial grain of salt. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteGiven the subsequent comment by Noah above, which pointed to the African Newsroom release of the announcement, which included the rendering in question, that confirms that the rendering on the Church Temples website is the official one. So I'd like to officially strike my comment about that not being official from the record. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteI had a little trouble finding the update in question when I followed the link Noah shared in his second comment above, but I went to the African Newsroom and found this report on that announcement, which does indeed include the rendering. As I mentioned above, the temple appears to be modular., since it would otherwise be difficult for the Church to get the necessay supplies to Madagscar for a regular construction process. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteIt appears the rendering has been removed from the African Newsroom articles (English & French) and replaced with an outline of the temple site. They may still be finalizing the design, and prematurely released the rendering as an oversight.
DeleteThat makes sense, Noah! Thanks.
DeleteThe rendering is now featured on the main Newsroom release, the African Newsroom page and the Church News article about this groundbreaking. So that apparently is the official rendering. Nice to have that confirmed.
DeleteA few new temple construction updates have been noted: Major construction has been completed on the Farmington New Mexico Temple, with the Temple Department now applying the finishing touches. A new update on the Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple suggests that the first temple leaders have been called, although that has not yet been confirmed by either the Church News or the Newsroom. And a slight change in wording on the status of the Lindon Utah Temple indicates that art glass is being installed. I am not quite sure what the difference between stained glass and art glass is, but that is an interesting change in wording. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteAccording to CDOL, presidents have been called and began serving on 1Feb for the Bahía Blanca Argentina and Elko Nevada temples.
DeleteThank you for confirming that, Scott. However, the CDOL is not in the public domain, so before I include that information in my temple construction progress report, my personal feeling is to await confirmation of that via the Church News. It probably won't be too long before that happens. On second thought, what I might do is include that information in footnotes for now, pending official confirmation in the public domain. Thanks again, Scott! I always appreciate hearing from you.
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