SYRACUSE—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will dedicate the Syracuse Utah Temple Sunday, June 8 making it the 22nd operating temple in Utah. Church President Russell M. Nelson announced the temple in April 2020. The temple is approximately 90,000 square feet and three stories high. It stands on a 12-acre site at 1098 South 2500 West in Syracuse.

The bride’s room of the Syracuse Utah Temple. No ordinances are performed in this room; it is a space for women to prepare for their temple sealing. The room’s beauty can be thought of as a representation of how much Heavenly Father loves His daughters. ©2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

 Throughout the temple are representations of the local flora around the Great Salt Lake and nearby wetlands. Hues in blues, yellows and greens in stained glass windows represent the reflection of the lake and the walls are filled with beautiful artwork. Unique to the temple are two baptismal fonts allowing for more youth to attend.  

“Every temple is special in its own way,” said Irene Caso, Media Relations Manager, Church Communication Department at a media tour May 7. “This temple is especially special for the youth of these areas. There are great opportunities to serve the Lord as they come and they participate.”

“I think that I first really found my love for the temple about two years ago,” said Parker Lambert, a senior at Clearfield High. “I was going through a pretty hard time in my life. My head wasn’t really in a good place and I was having a hard time feeling happy. I think the thing that helped me the most in getting out of that bad place was trying harder to attend the temple regularly.”

It just brought so much happiness and so much peace, he said. “It just kind of made everything better. I’m more focused, I’m happier and it’s easier to make good decisions and that’s because I’m closer to my Savior from attending the temple.”

A public open house for the temple will be held May 10 – May 31, excluding Sundays. This is an opportunity for anyone – not just members of the church – to tour the temple and see inside and why it is so special to its members.

“It’s always good to try and figure out where people are,” said Elder Kevin R. Duncan, Executive Director of the Temple Department. “Some people, most people see a building this size and they feel like they’re going to walk in and see a great big cathedral. They’re shocked to go in and see not only all these different rooms but they’re actually quite different from each other and to see that baptistry is fascinating to people. It begins with ‘wow, this looks different than I ever expected.’”

In the baptistry inside the Syracuse Utah Temple, faithful Latter-day Saints can be baptized on behalf of their deceased ancestors, who can choose whether to accept this baptism. ©2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

 Duncan said that ultimately, they start to have this feeling that “I had no idea these things go on inside of the temple. I now see why members of the faith are so drawn to the temple. In other countries temples are not as accessible as here in Utah, he said. “For some it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. It’s about having their family bound together. They have faith in that. They have trust in it. They’re literally willing to sacrifice everything to have that and that's what’s so beautiful.”

Now, President Nelson wants all of those people who have had to give their life savings to now have the blessing that members here do, said Duncan. “Which is to worship frequently because there’s one thing to go to the temple and have that single time connection that can bind your family but it’s all together something different to return over and over again and let those words and that understanding sink deep into their hearts. It just changes who we become.”

The public open house is free to attend but reservations are recommended and can be made at https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/featured/syracuse-utah-open-house?lang=eng