Richmond Virginia Temple Completed

Have you ever wanted to see inside a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Here's a sneak peek of the Richmond Virginia Temple before the open house begins on Saturday, March 24, 2023.
Notice the Jeffersonian-influenced design cues, especially with the front facade and interior use of rich, vibrant colors.
Image of the A Bill for establishing Religious Freedom, printed for the consideration of the People courtesy of Trustees of the Boston Public Library

[@jarodhuckabay5546]

I was one of the one who painted the ceilings. My finest work. I wish I could go back and see it complete.

[@sherbear2016]

Thank you for doing your finest work, on the House of the Lord.🙏🏻

[@chloeburton494]

Thank you for your work! Are you LDS? If not, you can go to the open house that they hold for the public.

[@willdag327]

Thank you so much for the work that you did in the temple! Are you aware of the open house that is starting tomorrow? You can go and see the completed work between tomorrow and April 15th.

[@2rybread]

👍You can, It is certainly humanly possible. To the atonement of jesus christ

[@thahamster3131]

I went in on Friday and I can testify of its beauty and focus on the savior.

[@patrickolsen3882]

I have been crying for about an hour now because I served there on my mission from 2017-2019. This temple means everything to me, and I know it means the world to those who live in Virginia.

[@williamfindspeople4341]

Beautiful. More ordinances can be completed!!! I have 5000 ordinances that need completed, praise God.

[@pmedford65]

I love to see the gospel of Christ moving forward!

[@mschenandlerbong8539]

I love how they design temples based on the individual locations. A nod to the variety of Gods people. United in their devotion to Him.

[@trustGodsOnly]

Much love brothers and sisters 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@congwang5291]

Brother and sisters, this is beautiful blessings come from heaven, the new temple begin to blessing all the faithful church members, even all the children of god, the temple is most important part to gather isreal, i have strong feeling and testimony about the temple, the prophet courage us to go temple often, we need to do it, i know this true

[@wbmusik]

What a choice blessing for the Saints in Virginia! So many lives will be blessed by entering into sacred covenants with the Lord in His House.

[@00Fisher00]

That's a beautiful temple.

[@TheOGliam]

I haven’t seen anything this beautiful since last time I went to the temple and it was spectacular

[@DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA]

What a pretty temple!

[@magaelectrician657]

Thank you

[@bonnienandino6942]

Wonderful ❣️

[@denniswilliamson6899]

Time to go traveling! 😎👍🛴🎵

[@HuckleburyFlynn]

Holy crap, theres finally a temple where i served!

[@raggedyann8762]

So beautiful 🤗

[@alightinthestorm]

🙌🏻

[@MyThemeParkFanatic]

Magnificent, what a heavenly blessing! 🙏

[@CatchTheBuzz1]

Wow beautiful!

[@outsideview9052]

I really liked the design of this Temple with the round dome at one end similar to the Jefferson Memorial and the colums on the side. I hope they made it as large as they could . The interior was also unique and beautiful .

[@trevorevans7101]

love it!

[@beau4307]

Gorgeous

[@leonafisher5502]

It’s beautiful ❤️

[@LCmonman]

Praise God and His Holy House 🤍

[@gingerjimenez9987]

❤❤❤

[@TheBobinVA]

Awesome to experience up close.

[@ildenete3235]

É perfeito é vivo como Cristo, tão real a Sua beleza imortal que salta dos olhos ao coração

[@lesliearbogast1]

Beautiful

[@ZillennialGamer]

East Coast US temples have such a unique design, they're some of my favorite to visit and serve in

[@na.y.]

This is precious! Thanks for sharing!

[@shantel4960]

❤

[@Tova-Barin]

what a beauty!

[@AtlantisWreckords]

Beautiful ❤🎉❤

[@jan-ui2kz]

Amen Wow the sacred n powerful place of the lord.🙏🙏🙏

[@MegWasHere2011]

God bless this temple

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛...

[@annelefevre9457]

Just gorgeous! I absolutely love it!

[@matthewhessler3257]

What a blessing and beautiful House of the Lord!

[@masfe_org]

Hermoso templo, una bendición para nuestros hermanos de Virginia.

[@gracebuesa-qd7bt]

Thank you lord amen

[@swanteal2355]

This is so beautiful ❤️ Temple for people who lives in Richmond Virginia area and it brings blessing to everyone. I like the end of video where sister said that the Temple is for church members and the community. 💜❇️💕 UK

[@fleuretodunga9091]

Holy house of the Lord

[@musicman133036]

I wish that it had muraled instruction rooms. A mural with the Shenandoah Valley, the Chesapeake Bay, and other aspects of the Virginia landscape would be breathtaking. But the final product is still gorgeous tho! 😊

[@danger2dm]

Yes, sadly the murals seem to be a thing of the past.. I remember going to different rooms in the live sessions. - are there any temples still doing live sessions?

[@ali-corplumbing508]

The Philly Temple has beautiful murals.

[@softenedheart]

​@@danger2dm used to be just salt lake and manti. Both are being remodeled and I understand neither will be live anymore. Plus with the changes, it would be impossible to do the live one anymore. But we will, center I thought on Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

[@thelatterdayarbiter]

There are those who would say "why do you not use that money to feed the poor?" But Jesus said "The poor shall always be with you, but I may not." Truly, Temples are HIS house, and we can get closer to THE LORD as we attend

[@mssrus]

Ironically, we do help poor people all over the world. The Temple has a different purpose. Just as a Relief Society president does not direct the Young Men's program, the Temple is not a Bishop's Storehouse.

[@thebelieversplace]

The Temple feeds the soul and the soul last forever.

[@rconger24]

Did you know The Church gives away nearly $1B each year for third world poverty and global disaster relief?

[@rajnigounder8936]

❤️😊❤️

[@LukeyOFC]

Absolutely amazing! The world needs the house of God. 🕍🙏🏻

[@Hometheaterguyusa1]

My pornography addiction keeps me from holding a temple recommendation and entering the temple. I wish I could forsake and overcome. It has ruined my life and marriages. It has been a 46-year addiction. 🙏

[@churchnewsroom]

@Brotherofjaredyt, thank you for opening up about the addiction you are experiencing in your life. First of all know that you are a precious child of God. He knows you and loves you and no one can change that. He wishes you to overcome your addiction; know He will help you with your struggles. Despite the hopelessness you feel, recovery from addiction is possible through Jesus Christ and His Atonement. We invite you and anyone else interested to join the Addiction Recovery Program, a process of studying and applying the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ to find the power to recover from addiction. Learn more and find a meeting here: addictionrecovery.churchofjesuschrist.org/what-is-an-addiction-recovery-support-group?lang=eng

[@cheem-creem3622]

I admire mormon architecture, I just wish this temple had some sort of garden grounds surrounding it rather than parking

[@Terminatorguy34]

That would be amazing and I agree, keep the parking lots a ways from the Temples

[@rconger24]

Takes awhile for the plants to grow.

[@randoman33]

So, pictures of Jesus are welcome in the temple....but not in the Sacrament meeting rooms?? I am confused by this. There needs to be beautiful pictures of Jesus in every LDS chapel worship hall.

[@bieditso2038]

Why does he say belong to the people in that area. The church belongs to heavenly father to bring back his children to do the special blessings. All temples are for all walk of life, doesn't belong to the people of VIRGINIA.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

The church always fashions temples to fit in with the local architecture, and that architecture is unique in that area, and you misunderstand the statement.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

There is no other temple in the world that coincides with the architecture of Thomas Jefferson's historical buildings, in that respect, it is Virginia's temple.

[@HaleStorm49]

It's like when we say we are children of God - obviously that will always be true.... but He created our bodies using materials from this Earth. This Earth is our home and eventually it will be an outpost of heaven after it's celestialized. Its matter will be always part of our celestial bodies. We belong to this Earth. Just one way of looking at it.

[@rconger24]

The local patrons at each temple say "that's our temple." Evenso, engraven on each temple is "The House of The Lord ." 2:02 Depending on how one views it, I think its an alright thing to say.

[@safrew1]

❤

[@KevlarX2]

The art glass they got from a Protestant church is beautiful. The Richmond Temple is a wonderful blessing for Virginia.

[@keithbishop9217]

Beautiful

[@jeffashley04]

Lds temples are great