Over the next several years, Utah will be a focal point of dedications and rededications for temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, last month’s dedication of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple signaled the start of an unprecedented surge of new temples dedicated and renovated temples rededicated in Utah alone. From December 2023 to the end of 2028, Utah could see at least 13 — and possibly 14 — temple dedications and rededications in that five-year period.
Rita R. Wright, interim director of the Utah Valley University Museum of Art, explained the symbolic significance of light in Gothic cathedrals and Latter-day Saint temples at BYU Education Week.