Description and Amenities

Lili’s Student Home is adjacent to the Ani Bezikian Youth Center in Kanaker, a section of Yerevan approximately 10 minutes from City Center. The Youth Center is a transitional residence for older teenage girls who have aged out of the Our Lady of Armenia Center, an orphanage in Gyumri overseen by the Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Mother Arousiag Sajonian, Superior). The Kanaker residence facilitates independent living in a safe and nurturing environment by allowing the girls to work and go to school. The Student Home is owned and managed by the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR), a global charity whose mission is to provide humanitarian assistance to orphaned Armenians around the world. Headquartered in the suburbs of Philadelphia, SOAR has more than 140 chapters and junior groups across the globe. All proceeds from Lili’s Student Home go to SOAR’s Orphan Transitional Fund.

Lili’s Bed and Breakfast has two floors (there is no elevator in the building)

  • On the first floor there is a reception area, a conference room, and a large kitchen
  • On the second floor, there are 4 rooms, three double and one triple with air conditioning
  • A smoking area is located in the outside balcony of the second floor, which includes an area for drinking coffee
  • There are 4 different public transports (bus and mini bus) which will take you to the city Center. The bus station is very close to B&B. Taxi service is available upon request.
  • There is free Wi-Fi
  • Laundry service is available
  • Parking  area

Armine Khachikyan
Manager

Armine is an editor, documentary screenwriter, executive director and organizer of national and international festivals, as well as a project implementation consultant. Ideologist and key negotiator for large-scale projects.

She served as Executive Secretary of the “From the Depths to the Heights” magazine (2015–2022), coordinator of the “I Can” National Sports Festival (2018, 2022), and consultant-promoter supervising the organizational team of the “Best Inclusive Practice in RA” International Festival (2019). Her professional background includes working as a TV and project administrator (2013–2020), Director of Sales and Customer Service (2014–2016), and editor of the “Let’s Start Anew” TV program on Kentron TV (2013). Between 2001 and 2015, she worked as a journalist and correspondent for the national press. Additionally, she was a lecturer at Yerevan “Gladzor” University from 2006 to 2012, teaching “Comprehensive Information” and “Literature & Publicism”.

Armine is an organizer and participant of professional training courses, a member of scientific clubs, a frequent speaker at academic conferences, and the author of published scientific articles. She also works as an editor and proofreader for collected works and professional books, as well as a coordinating editor for dictionaries.

Her academic background includes postgraduate studies (major code 01.06), as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with honors from the Faculty of Journalism, graduating with a Diploma of Excellence and qualification as a journalist.