A south metro congregation is coming together on Christmas Eve after a fire caused extensive damage in Grace Slavic Church.
A fire tore through the historic church in Eagan just before Christmas, leaving behind charred furniture and scorched walls where members once gathered to worship.
“It’s just heartbreaking. These doors actually were literally built by my father, and he died three years ago. So this is the type of stuff nobody’s going to be able to replace,” said Nikolay Afanasyev of Grace Slavic Church…