Manila Philippines Temple

This is where I received my endowment in January of 1990. It was witnessed by my one of my Best friends from church, and her name is Melissa from San Pedro, Laguna. It has been 20 years since I joined the Mormon church and been endowed for 18 years now. Joining the church is one of the best things that ever happened to me and one of the happiest days of my life as well. Manila, Philippines temple is the 29th operating temple in the world.

Location: 13 Temple Drive, Greenmeadows Subdivision, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Phone Number: (63) 2-635-0954.
Site: 3.5 acres.
Exterior Finish: Ceramic tile
Temple Design: Modern adaptation of six-spire design.
Number of Rooms: Four ordinance rooms and three sealing.
Total Floor Area: 26,683 square feet.
Announcement: 1 April 1981
Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 25 August 1982 by Gordon B. Hinckley
Public Open House: 3–15 September 1984
Dedication: 25–27 September 1984 by Gordon B. Hinckley

Temple Locale
Standing on a hilltop that overlooks the Marikina Valley, the Manila Philippines Temple anchors a complex of Church buildings including a temple annex, a patron housing facility, a missionary training center, and area offices. The beautiful grounds, open to the public, are filled with majestic palm trees and lush, colorful vegetation.

Temple Facts
The Manila Philippines Temple was the first temple built in the Philippines and the second built in Asia.
The street where the Manila Philippines Temple is located was renamed to Temple Drive during the temple's construction.

A typhoon approached Manila the day before the groundbreaking of the Manila Philippines Temple, creating concern that would event would have to be postponed. At a mission conference that evening, a missionary prayed for the weather to cooperate so that the groundbreaking could continue. The typhoon changed direction that night, and the groundbreaking proceeded as planned.

Nearly 27,000 toured the interior of the Manila Philippines Temple during its 13-day open house held prior to its dedication.
The days prior to the dedication of the Manila Philippines Temples saw several natural disasters in the Philippines including two typhoons, the eruption of Mayon volcano on Bicol Peninsula, and an earthquake in northern Luzon. The temple remained unaffected.

The Manila Philippines Temple was dedicated in nine sessions by President Gordon B. Hinckley, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

On Sunday, December 3, 1989, the grounds of the Manila Philippines Temple were overtaken as the last rebel stronghold in an attempted military coup to overthrow the government. A planned attack by royal troops that evening was miraculously called off. Nevertheless, prior conflict had left the patron housing facility extensively damaged, the temple annex with minor damage, and the temple proper unentered and unharmed except for a single bullet hole at the top of the highest spire. Six mortar or rocket shells had exploded on the grounds, some even passing between the spires.

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Facts About LDS Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Temple Firsts

1. Through the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple, all temples had been built in the same state (or territory) as Church Headquarters: Ohio, Illinois, and Utah. The Laie Hawaii Temple was the first temple "brought to the people."

2. The Cardston Alberta Temple was the first temple constructed outside of the United States (its states and territories).

3. The Bern Switzerland Temple was the first temple constructed in Europe.

4. The Hamilton New Zealand Temple was the first temple constructed in the Southern Hemisphere.

5. The São Paulo Brazil Temple was the first temple constructed in South America.

6. The Tokyo Japan Temple was the first temple constructed in Asia.

7. The Johannesburg South Africa Temple was the first temple constructed in Africa.

8. The first temple to be built in a nation under Communist rule was the Freiberg Germany Temple.

9. The Ogden Utah Temple was the first temple dedicated in the state of Utah. (Utah gained statehood on January 4, 1896. Four temples—including the Salt Lake Temple—had already been dedicated in Utah Territory.)

10. The Mesa Arizona Temple was the first temple to present ordinances in a language other than English. The ordinances were administered in Spanish in 1945.

11. The Bern Switzerland Temple was the first temple to not have English as its predominant language.

12. Endowments for the dead were performed for the first time in the St. George Utah Temple.

13. The first temple constructed with the idea of using a film rather than live acting to present the endowment was the Bern Switzerland Temple.

14. The first completed "smaller-and-remote-area" temple of the Church as conceived by President Gordon B. Hinckley was the Monticello Utah Temple.

15. The Vernal Utah Temple was the first temple to be converted from an existing building.

16. The Cardston Alberta Temple was the first for which the First Presidency invited architects to submit their original designs. (All previous designs had been received by direct revelation.)

17. Elder Boyd K. Packer dedicated the Regina Saskatchewan Temple—the first 20th century temple to be dedicated by an apostle who was not a member of the First Presidency.

18. The St. Paul Minnesota Temple was the first temple dedicated in the year 2000.

19. On November 14, 1999, the Halifax Nova Scotia Temple and Regina Saskatchewan Temple became the first two temples dedicated on the same day.

20. The Logan Utah Temple was the first temple built with a progressive room scheme for presentation of the endowment.