Moroni Always Faces East
(Except When He Doesn’t)
Tradition says that the Angel Moroni statue faces east, the direction that Christ is to come from when he returns to earth a second time, as a symbolic herald of that return. The majority of statues do face east, meaning the direction between North East and South East, with a large percentage of them facing directly east. However, in most cases the Angel Moroni will be placed in a manner that compliments the look of the temple and its surroundings. This has led to Angel Moroni proclaiming the Good News of the Gospel in almost every direction.
