A Promised Day Arrived
The Helsinki Finland Temple Dedication
Text by Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photography by Scot Facer Proctor

It was the most important day in the history of the country, and on this day, a woman remembered her grandmother, a little boy had his prayer answered and a patriarch summed it up, "We know and we believe that something great is happening in Finland." Read It...

Helsinki Finland Temple: Diamond of the North
A Photographic Essay by Scot Facer Proctor

Come with us and take a good look at the Helsinki Temple in this beautiful photo essay taken the day of dedication. We know most of you could not be there but if you click through to see this photo essay it will be as if you had been. Read It...

“We are One, Big Family”
The Finnish Temple Cultural Celebration
Text by Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photography by Scot Facer Proctor

When President Gordon B. Hinckley asked that youth cultural celebrations be part of all future temple dedications, he hoped that working hard to create these festive events would connect the members — and particularly the youth — to the temple, tie their hearts to the House of the Lord. Yet, these celebrations have done something else as well. They have given members a sense of being a part of something big, that the Church isn't just an isolated few members in a branch in Lithuania or a leased building in Moscow. Come and see! Read It...

Out of Many, One
The Prophet Greets the People in Helsinki
Written by Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photography by Scot Facer Proctor

Finland has never hosted a meeting quite like this one. On October 21, in a suburb of Helsinki, 3500 Latter-day Saints, chatting to each other in Russian, Finnish, English, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian, were brought together as one to see their prophet and celebrate their temple. Though the languages floating across the arena were many, one voice united them all — the voice of the Spirit — and somehow all differences were erased. Read It...

Come with Us to Finland!
A Photographic Essay by Scot Facer Proctor

We are going to be talking a lot about Finland in the next little while on Meridian. We're here for the Helsinki Temple dedication and we're thrilled to be bringing Meridian's coverage of it to you. We are also here getting to know the land, the people, the culture and the Church. It is a wondrous experience. We have already met some delightful, amazing members — and we are going to introduce you to them in coming issues this next week on Meridian. First, come and see Finland, perhaps for the first time. You're going to love it. Read It...