Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci
San Giorgio dei Greci—Ἅγιος Γεώργιος τῶν Ἑλλήνων—was built for a community whose Greek Orthodox rite had long been barred in Venice, despite the city’s Byzantine connections. In 1498, the Greek community won permission to found the Scuola de San Nicolò dei Greci, a confraternity that supported members of that community. After “protracted negotiations,” in 1539 the papacy allowed the construction of this church, financed by a tax on ships arriving from the Orthodox world. Work began with Sante Lombardo, and from 1548 Giannantonio Chiona took it forward. The belltower was completed in 1592, while the dome was frescoed with the Last Judgement between 1589 and 1593 by Giovanni Kyprios. …
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