According to the portal 'Russian Dubai', a Mormon temple will appear in the United Arab Emirates. The building will be erected in Dubai, not on the territory of the exhibition town - construction will begin after the completion of the exhibition 'EXPO-2020'
The decision to build a prayer facility in the UAE for followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which includes sixteen million people living around the world, was made by delegates to the annual general conference of Mormons held in the US state of Utah. The building will be the first Mormon temple in the Middle East.
About two hundred nationalities live in the United Arab Emirates; from one and a half to two thousand inhabitants of the country consider themselves to be followers of Mormonism. Another temple of this movement will appear in Shanghai - all in all, there are 158 places of worship of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the world; the headquarters of this structure is located in the American city of Salt Lake City.
Followers of Mormonism consider themselves followers of the order of the early Christian church, created by the Lord Jesus Christ. At the same time, they believe that after the death of the holy apostles, the true tradition was allegedly interrupted, and the Mormons restored it. In addition to the Bible, the Mormon canon also includes three other written sources: The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and 'The Pearl of Great Price'.
