2020
Kyiv, Ukraine
August 2020


“Kyiv, Ukraine,” Ensign, August 2020

The Church Is Here

Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Kyiv, the largest city and capital of Ukraine, has been inhabited for at least 1,400 years. The Kyiv Ukraine Stake has eight wards and three branches. Here are some facts about the Church in Ukraine:

11,153

Church members

48

congregations, 2 missions, 1 stake

35

family history centers

1

temple

30

hours required (one way) to travel by train to nearest temple (Freiberg, Germany) prior to temple in Kyiv

1990: First Latter-day Saint missionaries arrive in Ukraine

1996: Church is granted national registration

2004: First stake organized

2010: Kyiv Temple dedicated