WESTLAKE, La. (KPLC) - After more than a decade of worshiping in temporary spaces, St. John the Divine Orthodox Christian Church has found a place to call home.

The church’s building burned down in 2014. Now, 11 years later, church members are stepping into a space that’s theirs.

“When she walked in here and saw everything set up, she could only get out, ‘This is home. I’m home.’ That’s the thing — it feels like home,” Subdeacon Jeff Nichols said.

The church spent years moving from one temporary location to another, most recently a small storefront on Kirkman Street.

Their new permanent home, the former Legacy Event Center in Westlake, wasn’t found by a committee or a formal search.

“It was actually my wife driving around one day. I saw a sign at this place. We started conversations n

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