Reflections
A pilgrimage to 212 Stuart Street
Special Issue: 90 — Informing, Connecting, Inspiring
The Armenian Weekly, October 2024
For most readers under the age of 50, the title of this piece may seem puzzling. For the benefit of those below that watermark, it was the Armenian version of a second home address. Until the current Hairenik building was built in Watertown, Massachusetts, 212 Stuart Street in Boston was the headquarters of the eastern region of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), Armenian Youth Federation (AYF)
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Stepan, I read your wondaful article. I set foot in the JFK airport as an immigrant on July 9, 1976. The first visit I paid, a few weeks later via a bus, was to Hairenik at 212 Stuart Street and to Kevork Donabedian. I also visited the Tololyans who did not live far from the building. Surely, it was not a pilgrimage but the allure of Hairenik was no less in Lebanon as well. It was my HS classmate Ohan Armenian, who worked briefly at Hairenik, who met me, and hosted me, and made my visit memorable.