''Savior of the World'' is a musical dramatic production produced by

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

("the Church of Jesus Christ"). Fully titled ''Savior of the World: His Birth and Resurrection'', the production depicts the Biblical accounts of the events surrounding the birth and resurrection of

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

.It premiered November 28, 2000 in the

Conference Center Theater The Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, is the premier meeting hall for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Completed in 2000, the 21,000-seat Conference Center replaced the traditional u ...

Temple Square Temple Square is a complex, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), in the center of Salt Lake City, Utah. The usage of the name has gradually changed to include several other church facilities that are immediate ...

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and has been presented annually near the

Easter Easter, also called Pascha ( Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in t ...

and

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holidays, though the Easter performances have not occurred on Temple Square since 2005. It was performed in the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors' Center Theater for the first time during the Easter season of 2014. Scripting and music have been fluid during the history of the production, as revisions of the materials have occurred from one year to the next. However the core of the production has always focused on the

birth Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the f ...

of Jesus for Act I and Jesus'

resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions involving the same person or deity returning to another body. The disappearance of a body is anothe ...

for Act II. In 2006, an official script and score was released for limited use throughout the Church of Jesus Christ and is available online.Official Script and Score
at lds.org

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2000 musicals Latter Day Saint plays and pageants Stage portrayals of Jesus The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah American musicals {{musical-theat-stub