HELENA, Montana — Standing in one of the two ordinance rooms of the new Helena Montana Temple — this one set up with an altar to be used for the temple ordinance of sealing together a husband and wife, or a child to his or her parents — Elder Arnulfo Valenzuela offered perspective and personal testimony as he spoke to media representatives touring the new temple.
The General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was presiding at the temple’s media day on two accounts — as a counselor in the presidency of the Church’s North America Central Area, which includes Montana, and as an assistant executive director of the Church’s Temple Department.
As media representatives on the Monday, May 15, tour asked questions ranging from the temple’s purpose and availability to its scheduling and rites, Elder Valenzuela repeatedly underscored the temple as the house of the Lord and the importance of being connected with the Savior Jesus Christ through ordinances and covenants, the highest of which are available through temple work and worship.
Elder Arnulfo Valenzuela, a General Authority Seventy and assistant executive director in the Temple Department, speaks at the Helena Montana Temple media day news conference on Monday, May 15, 2023, in Helena, Montana.
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“The purpose of every temple,” he said, “is to bring us closer to Jesus Christ and to help us understand God’s plan of happiness.”
Being connected to Christ through covenants and ordinances “will help us walk in this world with lighter burdens on our shoulders while going through the trials that come in this mortal life,” he added later. “The way we are connected with Him is through our covenants — and there is no better place to do that but in His holy house.”
Elder Valenzuela recounted traveling at age 19 with his parents and nine siblings from Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border and into Arizona to surround a similar altar in the Mesa Arizona Temple to be sealed as a family. And he recalled later traveling 36 hours from Mexico City, Mexico, to Mesa, Arizona, for him and his wife to be sealed in the house of the Lord.
The Helena Montana Temple.
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And so, on a day when attention could have focused on speed of the Helena Montana Temple from announcement to dedication, its size or its modular construction process, Elder Valenzuela said he felt no different than when he participated recently in the dedications of the Belém Brazil and Winnipeg Manitoba temples.
“When you walk into the Helena temple, you feel that you are in the right place — it doesn’t feel different,” he said. “The spirit we feel inside this temple is the same that I felt in Belém and in Winnipeg. We don’t have large temples or small temples, brick-and-mortar temples or modular temples. We just have ‘temples.’
“What we have is the house of the Lord on earth today.”
The front doors of the Helena Montana Temple.
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A temple for Helena
In April 2021 general conference,President Russell M. Nelson said, “The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have often asked the Lord if there are better ways to take the blessings of the temple to His faithful children.”
For the faithful Latter-day Saints in the west-central Montana region, the new temple drastically reduces the travel to attend one of the surrounding temples. The Billings Montana Temple requires a drive of a little under four hours from Helena. The Cardston Alberta, Spokane Washington, Rexburg Idaho and Idaho Falls Idaho temples are each four to five hours away.
Located on a 4.75-acre site where a previously existing stake center was torn down to make room for the temple and newly constructed adjacent stake center, the 9,797-square-foot temple is one of nine of the Church’s temples between 6,800 and 9,950 square feet.
The temple district consists of five stakes inHelena, Butte, Great Falls and Bozeman.
President Nelson announced a temple for Helena on April 4, 2021 — one of 20 locations identified that day duringApril 2021 general conference. Of the other 19 temples announced then, 10 are under construction, one is scheduled for its groundbreaking, four have sites identified and four are in planning and design.
Less than three weeks after the announcement, on April 20, 2021, the Church releaseda site location and exterior renderingfor the temple.
The celestial room inside the Helena Montana Temple.
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Just two months and 22 days after the announcement, agroundbreaking for the Helena Montana Templewas held on June 26, 2021, withElder Vern P. Stanfill, a General Authority Seventy, presiding and offering the prayer to dedicate the site and the construction process. The time of two months and 22 days from announcement to groundbreaking was the shortest for Church temples in two decades.
Elder Gary E. Stevensonof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the Helena Montana Temple in two June 18 sessions — at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The period from announcement to dedication — just under 27 months — is the second-fastest turnaround in the past two decades, just behind the two years and 27 days of The Gila Valley Arizona Temple in 2010.
A miniature modular model of the Helena Montana Temple.
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Perfect precision
The Helena Montana Temple is the Church’s first constructed through the design-manufacture-install process, according to ChurchofJesusChrist.org, with only a select few temples being done in a modular manner.
Workers assemble a portion of the Helena Montana Temple at the 50-acre BLOX facility in Bessemer, Alabama.
Workers assemble a portion of the Helena Montana Temple at the 50-acre BLOX facility in Bessemer, Alabama.
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The Church is working on a pilot program with BLOX, an Alabama company that previously used modular construction for hospital emergency rooms and isolation-care units during COVID-19 bed shortages.
The temple’s 25 modules were constructed in Birmingham, Alabama, and then shrink-wrapped and trucked to Helena. There the modules, including walls and floors, were connected — or “stitched together” — and finished on-site. The exterior stone cladding, the tower assembly and all electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling and ventilation systems were also done on-site, putting the finishing touches on this much-anticipated house of worship.
A portion of the Helena Montana Temple is loaded to a semitruck in Alabama to be delivered to the 4.8-acre site located at 1260 Otter Road in Helena, where workers stitched together the modules.
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“The temple program is exquisite; it’s sacred,” BLOX CEO Chris Giattina told ChurchofJesusChrist.org. “It is not just something that you casually go about. The first part of that was trying to understand what it was, what it really meant to do a temple.”
After visiting the Mesa Arizona and Memphis Tennessee temples, the company learned it needed to perfect its precision. “And so we developed a platform,” Giattina said. “And when we assembled the units, we knew within a width of the laser whether it was plumb or not.”
The Helena Montana Temple is installed at the temple site.
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Speaking outside the Helena temple on Monday, Elder Valenzuela said, “The Lord has blessed us with technology to do things in a more efficient way, in a faster way. . . . We are taking advantage of all technologies, and so using that design-manufacture-install technology is helping us to build some temples faster.”
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Workers assemble a portion of the Helena Montana Temple at the 50-acre BLOX facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Workers assemble portions of the Helena Montana Temple at the 50-acre BLOX facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Helena Montana Temple is installed at the temple site. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Helena Montana Temple (left) is installed at the temple site. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Helena Montana Temple under construction at the temple site. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Helena Montana Temple is installed at the temple site. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
‘A place of peace’
Local Latter-day Saints assisting at Monday’s temple media day weren’t talking about announcement-to-dedication turnaround times or the design-manufacture-install process. Rather, they were looking forward to sharing their new temple with others during the public open house that runs through June 3, excluding Sundays.
“In a world that can be so chaotic and confusing, the temple is a place of peace,” said Suzi Stanger, who with her husband, Jim Stanger, are co-chairs of the temple’s open house and dedication committee after chairing the groundbreaking two years ago. “We’re so excited to invite our friends and neighbors to enter this sacred building, to feel the peace that is there.”
A local media representative lines up a photo of Jim and Suzi Stanger, the Helena Montana Temple open house and dedication committee co-chairs, during the temple’s media day news conference on Monday, May 15, 2023, in Helena, Montana.
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Jadyn Ashton, 17, of Helena, emphasized the proximity to do temple ordinances for deceased ancestors. “And I know I’ll probably be around here on the grounds — sitting, reading, journaling — because it’s a place you can go no matter the day or time and feel the Spirit. You can be comfortable and feel Heavenly Father with you.
“For us youth, it’s going to be especially nice,” she added, “because we can always come here and do baptisms when we want and just be able to get away from the hard things of the world and be at peace with the sanctity of the temple.”
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The front reception area at the recommend desk inside the Helena Montana Temple. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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An interior detail in the Helena Montana Temple. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Covenants and ordinances
Earlier this year, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said today’s increased number of temples — 177 dedicated temples and 315 total, including those under construction and in planning — provides an opportunity to “focus on what matters most in relationship to the temple.”
He explained: “I think we routinely talk about the temple. I don’t think we talk nearly as much about the covenants and ordinances. And I don’t think we should even talk about the covenants and ordinances separate from and apart from the Savior.”
Temples shouldn’t be seen in comparison of physical traits but rather as providing “access to the same covenants and ordinances whereby we have a covenant connection with the Father and the Son,” Elder Bednar said.
Which is why on a day when media representatives at the Helena Montana Temple were not fixated on asking questions about the temple’s size, design elements, materials or construction process, the conversations instead revolved more around the temple work and worship and the ordinances and covenants connecting the faithful Latter-day Saints to the Savior and the Father.
Elder Arnulfo Valenzuela, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, leads media representatives into the Helena Montana Temple for a tour on the temple’s media day Monday, May 15, 2023, in Helena, Montana.
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Standing Monday in front of the Helena Montana Temple and gazing at the phrases “Holiness to the Lord” and “The house of the Lord” inscribed above the arched entrance, Elder Valenzuela returned to a temple’s purpose of bringing one closer to Christ and understanding God’s plan of happiness.
“Everything about the temple starts with the plan of happiness that was presented to us before this life and the central role of Jesus Christ in it,” he said. “Because of Him, everything in our lives can be blessed, can be healed and can be uplifted.”
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FAQs
How was the Helena Montana Temple built? ›
This is how the temple in Helena was done. BLOX arranged the 10,000-square-foot, 96-foot-high temple into 25 separate modules. Each of those 25 pieces was created, shrink wrapped and carried by semitruck to the 4.8-acre site located at 1260 Otter Road in Helena, where workers stitched together the modules.
What is the first modular LDS temple? ›The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partnered with an Alabama company to manufacture a temple that maintains quality but is completed faster. The Helena Montana Temple is the first modular temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
How big is the Helena Montana Temple? ›Plans for the Helena Montana Temple call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet with a center spire.
When was Helena Montana Temple announced? ›History. Plans to build a temple in Helena were announced on April 4, 2021, by church president Russell M.
Why is Helena Montana important? ›Montana's capital city, Helena, rests at the very heart of the Big Sky State. Located halfway between Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park, Helena has a rich gold-mining history, and it's now become known as a community of dedicated outdoor enthusiasts.
Why live in Helena Montana? ›Helena is a town in Montana with a population of 32,060. Helena is in Lewis and Clark County and is one of the best places to live in Montana. Living in Helena offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In Helena there are a lot of bars, coffee shops, and parks.
What is the biggest LDS temple in the world? ›The Salt Lake Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. At 253,015 square feet (23,505.9 m2), it is the largest Latter-day Saint temple by floor area.
What is the oldest active LDS temple? ›The St. George Temple is the oldest temple still actively used by the church. The temple currently has three ordinance rooms and 18 sealing rooms, and a total floor area of 110,000 square feet (10,200 m2).
What is the oldest LDS chapel in the world? ›The Gadfield Elm Chapel near the village of Pendock in Worcestershire, England, is the oldest extant chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Why is it called Helena Montana? ›However, many of the miners from Minnesota began to call the town Saint Helena, after a town in Minnesota. The name was eventually shortened to Helena, its current name. Montana became a United States territory in 1864.
What is the race population in Helena Montana? ›
| Population | |
|---|---|
| White alone, percent | 91.7% |
| Black or African American alone, percent(a) | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) | 1.2% |
| Asian alone, percent(a) | 0.8% |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Montana | |
|---|---|
| Total Congregations | 129 |
| Missions | 1 |
| Temples | 1 Operating 1 Under Construction 1 Announced 3 Total |
| Family History Centers | 50 |
On October 30, 1864, the town of Helena, Montana, is founded by four gold miners who struck it rich at the appropriately named “Last Chance Gulch.”
What happened on St. Helena? ›British rule 1815–1821, and Napoleon's exile
In 1815 the British government selected Saint Helena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was brought to the island in October 1815 and lodged at Longwood, where he died on 5 May 1821.
Temples dotting the world: 6 maps show location and status of Church's 282 temples worldwide.
What is Helena famous for? ›Helena is the patron saint of difficult marriages, divorced people, converts, and archaeologists. Her Feast Day is August 18.
Why is Helena famous? ›Helena, also called Helen, (born c. 248, Drepanon?, Bithynia, Asia Minor—died c. 328, Nicomedia; Western feast day August 18; Eastern feast day [with Constantine] May 21), Roman empress who was the reputed discoverer of Christ's cross. (See also True Cross.)
What is the main industry in Helena Montana? ›Employment by Industries
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Helena, MT, are Public Administration (2,850 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (2,684 people), and Retail Trade (1,771 people).
Low unemployment (2.1 percent in December 2022) and a lively downtown area with microbreweries, restaurants, a live theater, and a symphony are some of the factors that make Montana's capital a great place to live.
Is Helena a good city? ›With a low crime rate, low population density, and a quiet atmosphere, Helena is a fantastic place to retire. The city provides several opportunities for retirees to step back in time and soak up the beauty of the Montana landscape.
What is the violent crime rate in Helena Montana? ›
| Violent | Property | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Crimes | 235 | 1,098 |
| Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents) | 7.10 | 33.15 |
The LDS Church mission with the smallest geographic area (approximately 10 acres) is the Utah Salt Lake Temple Square Mission, in which missionaries from around the world serve on Temple Square, often to visitors from their own homelands.
What country has the most LDS? ›The center of Mormon cultural influence is in Utah, and North America has more Mormons than any other continent, although about half of Mormons live outside the United States. As of December 31, 2021, the LDS Church reported a membership of 16,805,400.
How much does a Mormon temple cost? ›How much does a temple cost to build? It is estimated that they cost between $7 million and $70 million, depending on the size and location. [1] With one exception,[2] the Church hasn't published the cost of building temples since 1981,[3] so estimates are speculative.
How many LDS temples are there in Mexico? ›In addition to Mexico City Benemérito and San Luis Potosí, the other 21 temples in Mexico are the Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple, Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple, Cuernavaca Mexico Temple, Culiacán Mexico Temple, Guadalajara Mexico Temple, Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple, Mérida Mexico Temple, Mexico City Mexico ...
Is the LDS Church growing? ›The membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as of December 31, 2022, was 17,002,461. The LDS church is known for its rapid membership growth.
Who is the oldest LDS prophet to live? ›Considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members, Hinckley was the oldest person to preside over the church in its history until Russell M.
What is the largest single church in the world? ›| Yoido Full Gospel Church 여의도 순복음 교회 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Yoido Island, Seoul |
| Country | South Korea |
| Denomination | Pentecostal |
| Associations | Assemblies of God USA |
Canonized scriptures
One such verse, in Doctrine and Covenants section 77, verse 6, describes the "temporal existence" of the earth as 7,000 years old.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia the Cenacle (the site of the Last Supper) in Jerusalem was the "first Christian church." The Dura-Europos church in Syria is the oldest surviving church building in the world, while the archaeological remains of both the Aqaba Church and the Megiddo church have been considered to ...
Who founded Helena? ›
Henry Elkus is Founder and CEO of Helena.
Is Helena a foreign city? ›Helena is part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Ascension Island is approximately 700 miles (1,100 km) to the northwest, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha is some 1,300 miles (2,100 km) to the south.
Is Helena a city or town? ›Helena, city and capital of Montana, U.S., seat (1867) of Lewis and Clark county. The city is situated near the Missouri River, at the eastern foot of the Continental Divide (elevation 3,955 feet [1,205 metres]), in Prickly Pear Valley, a fertile region surrounded by rolling hills and lofty mountains.
What is the male female ratio in Helena Montana? ›There are 32,060 residents in Helena, with a median age of 39.9. Of this, 48.12% are males and 51.88% are females. US-born citizens make up 97.59% of the resident pool in Helena, while non-US-born citizens account for 2.08%. Additionally, 0.33% of the population is represented by non-citizens.
How many people live in Helena 2023? ›| year | Helena, MT |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 31,744 (Forecasted) |
| 2021 | 32,011 (Forecasted) |
| 2022 | 32,277 (Forecasted) |
| 2023 | 32,543 (Forecasted) |
Retrieved June 13, 2023, from www.marchofdimes.org/peristats. In Montana in 2020, 4.2% of the total population was Hispanic, 85.7% were white, 0.5% were black, 6.0% were American Indian/Alaska Native and 1.0% were Asian/Pacific Islander.
What percentage of Montana is Mormon? ›| State | % of adults (2014) | Total State Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1% | 309 |
| Missouri | 1% | 642 |
| Montana | 4% | 312 |
| Nebraska | 1% | 312 |
State With Most Mormons
The state of Utah is home to the highest concentration of Latter-day Saints in the United States, with an estimated 2,161,526 members of the religious group living within its borders.
Today there are over 1450 Hindu Temples across the United States, spread across the country, with a majority of them situated on the east coast centered around the New York region which alone has over 1135 temples the next largest number being in Texas with 128 Temples and Massachusetts with 127 temples.
What was mined in Helena MT? ›The 53-square-mile Upper Tenmile Creek Mining Area site is located in Lewis and Clark County, just southwest of Helena, Montana. The site includes about 150 active and abandoned mines in the historic Rimini Mining District. Mining for gold, lead, copper and zinc began in the 1870s and continued through the 1930s.
What was mined in Helena Montana? ›
In the 1860's, miners combed the mountains of southwestern Montana for gold, silver and other precious metals.
What is the biggest city in Montana? ›The largest municipality by population in Montana is Billings with 117,116 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Ismay with 17 residents.
Who is the missing girl from St. Helena? ›HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) – A 19-year-old has been found safe Monday afternoon. According to the sheriff's office, Tayler Ann Jackson was missing from her Bermuda Bluff home on St. Helena Island. She was described as 5-foot-10 and 125 lbs.
Is Napoleon buried on St. Helena? ›The Valley of the Tomb (French: Vallée du Tombeau) is the site of Napoleon's tomb, on the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean, where he was buried following his death in exile on 5 May 1821.
Who was banished to St. Helena? ›Napoleon had been exiled to St. Helena after he was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Having escaped his previous exile from Elba, off the coast of Italy, the French emperor was a flight risk to his fellow European rulers who wanted rid of him.
What percentage of the world are Mormons? ›Although the church does not publish attendance figures, researchers estimate that attendance at weekly LDS worship services globally is around 4 million. Members living in the U.S. and Canada constitute 46 percent of membership, Latin America 38 percent, and members in the rest of the world 16 percent.
Can non Mormons go into the temple? ›Anyone, regardless of religion, may enter a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse and attend services. However, because of the sacredness of temples as “houses of the Lord,” only members of the Church, who are in good standing are allowed to enter the temples.
Is there an LDS temple in Russia? ›There are no meetinghouses in the country and individuals and members are administered by the Russia Yekaterinburg Kyrgyzstan Mission Branch.
Why is there a Confederate monument in Montana? ›In the foreground is the Confederate Fountain, donated to the City of Helena in 1916 by the Daughters of The Confederacy to commemorate Confederate Army victims of the Civil War. Until 1926, it was the northernmost Confederate memorial in the U. S., (a memorial in Seattle's Lake View Cemetery now has that distinction).
What is the history of Helena Cathedral? ›The beautiful Cathedral of St. Helena was begun in 1908, and consecrated in 1924. Local mining magnate Thomas Cruse (1836 - 1914) provided much of the funding to build the magnificent Cathedral. He did not live to see its completion; his funeral was held in the unfinished building.
What is the history of Mt Helena? ›
Mount Helena was a timber town in its earliest days, and was chosen as a sawmill site in 1882. White's Mill provided timber for some significant buildings around Perth, as well as for the railways. It pioneered the firewood industry in the Hills, railing waste timber to populated centres.
Where is the temple body part? ›Definition. Temple indicates the side of the head behind the eyes. The underlying bony framework comprises of the temporal bone as well as part of the sphenoid bone.
Why remove Confederate monuments? ›The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from United States, and lost the Civil War. The statues are a painful reminder of past and present institutionalized racism in the United States.
What is the world's largest Confederate monument? ›The carving on the side of Stone Mountain is the largest Confederate monument in the world. The mountain is engraved with a sculpture of well-known people from the Confederacy: Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, and generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
Is Montana a Confederate state? ›The area that eventually became the U.S. state of Montana played little direct role in the American Civil War. The closest the Confederate States Army ever came to the area was New Mexico and eastern Kansas, each over a thousand miles away.
Why is St. Helena famous? ›Saint Helena Island is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the world's most isolated islands, and it is the place where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled from 1815 until his death in 1821.
Who is Helena named after? ›Some accounts insist that Helena was named after a miner's Minnesota sweetheart. Another says it was originally “St. Helena,” after the island where Napoleon was exiled.
Why is Helena a saint? ›Helena is best known for her pilgrimages to the Holy Land, during which she allegedly found the True Cross. She converted to Christianity late in life, but donated generously to the Church and to the poor, and was greatly revered by her son, Emperor Constantine.
What kind of rock is on Mount Helena? ›One of the Country's largest city parks, Mount Helena, offers a few differences compared to surrounding geologic formations. It is made up of ancient 520 million-year-old Cambrian rocks including limestone, shale, and sandstone.
How old is Mount Saint Helena? ›Mount St. Helens is geologically young compared with the other major Cascade volcanoes. It formed only within the past 40,000 years, and the summit cone present before its 1980 eruption began rising about 2,200 years ago.
Why do my temples hurt? ›
Pressure in the temples can be a sign of a headache or migraine. It can also result from stress, blocked sinuses, or tension extending from elsewhere in the body. Anyone with severe or persistent pain or pressure should seek medical advice.
Why do my temples hurt when I touch them? ›What Causes Temple Headaches? Temple headaches cause pain or tenderness to the touch on the side of the head (temple). This pain can be caused by tension, migraines, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems, and more serious conditions, such as temporal arteritis .
Is the skull a bone? ›The bones that form the head. The skull is made up of cranial bones (bones that surround and protect the brain) and facial bones (bones that form the eye sockets, nose, cheeks, jaw, and other parts of the face). An opening at the base of the skull is where the spinal cord connects to the brain.