Mechitarists
（重定向自Mekhitarist）
![The island of San Lazzaro, with the monastery and the church of Mechitarists.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Venice_San_Lazzaro_degli_Armeni2343.jpg")
![Interior of the monastery church on San Lazzaro.](/Images/godic/202501/26/San_Lazzaro_Chiesa2343.jpg")
![Khatchkar from the garden of San Lazzaro degli Armeni](/Images/godic/202501/26/St_lazzaro_degli_armeni_garden2344.jpg")
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The Mechitarists (Armenian:Մխիթարեաններ, also spelled Mekhitarists) are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts and their research on classical and modern Armenian language.