LDS Church Site of Week – PALMYRA, New York

PALMYRA Smith Family Cabin and Farm – The Smith family lived here at the time of the First Vision.  Three years later (September 21, 1823), Moroni appeared here

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Glimpse of the Past – LDS Church History Jan 1-5

Jan 2, 1830 (Saturday) – Abner Cole, editor of The Reflector, begins publishing pirated extracts from the Book of Mormon, which is in the process of being printed

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Site of the Week – Capernaum, Israel Tour

CAPERNAUM, Kefar Nahum (“town of Nahum”) We honor the CHRISTmas season with our December sites of the week. This week the famous city of New Testament times, Capernaum. 

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Glimpse of the Past – LDS Church History Dec

December 1830 – The Saints in the State of New York were commanded by revelation to gather to Ohio. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 37.) December 11, 1830 (Saturday)

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Glimpse of the Past – LDS Church History Dec 1-7

December 2, 1827 – Owing to persecutions Joseph Smith, jun., removed from Manchester, N. Y., to Harmony, Susquehanna Co., Pa., but there also persecution awaited him. During this

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Glimpse of the Past – LDS Church History Nov 25-30

November 28 & 29, 1838 – The remaining prisoners in Richmond were released, or admitted to bail, except Joseph Smith, jun., Lyman Wight, Caleb Baldwin, Hyrum Smith, Alex.

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Haifa – Israel Tour

HAIFA Located on the Mediterranean Sea where Mt Carmel juts into the water forming a bay, Haifa is one of the most beautifully situated cities in the world. 

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Glimpse of the Past – LDS Church History Nov 18-24

November 21, 1841 (Sunday) – Baptisms for the dead were commenced in the font in the basement of the Nauvoo Temple. November 19, 1849 (Monday) – Sanpete Valley

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Caesarea – Israel Tour, Site of the Week

CAESAREA, Israel On the main road from Tyre to Egypt.  About 20 B.C., King Herod the Great built it into a magnificent city employing the best of the

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Glimpse of the Past – LDS Church History Nov 11-17

November 13, 1833 (Wednesday) – A grand meteoric shower or “falling of the stars” was witnessed throughout the land, which cheered the Saints and alarmed their enemies. November

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