The article outlines two types of facts: a) how the Mechitarist Congregation of Venice and the island of St. Lazarus of the Armenians are reflected in Western art and literature, b) creative cooperation of Mechitarists with Western artists.

The activities of the Congregation, the heritage they created and the island of St. Lazarus were, at different times, a source of inspiration for writers, musicians and artists of different nationalities.

The article mentions a number of musical works of Italian composers based on lyrics by Mechitarists; paintings depicting scenes from the history of Armenia, ordered from Italian artists by Mechitarist fathers; poems dedicated to the Congregation fathers; travel notes by famous French writer George Sand, where she describes her meeting with Armenian monks; the world's first film footage about Armenians, shot on St. Lazarus in 1898; the visit of the great American director of Armenian origin Rouben Mamoulian to the island of the Mechitarists in 1937 and his wish to make a film about the Congregation; mentions of Venetian Mechitarists in modern literature; documentary films about the Congregation and other similar facts.