Santa Croce degli Armeni

Santa Croce degli Armeni or Holy Cross Armenian Church is a church in Venice, on Calle dei Armeni, near St Mark's Basilica.

In the middle of 13th century Venetian nobleman and doge Marco Zianni built a hospice for the Armenian merchants.

In 1688 merchant Guerek Mirmanian was granted permission to expand the chapel into a full-fledged church, which later became an important institution for the community.

[2] Today the church is open for Mass one day a month.

The priests from the San Lazzaro degli Armeni row over to Venice to celebrate mass at the church on the last Sunday of the month at 10:30 AM.