Holy Cross

Holy Cross or Saint Cross may refer to:

• the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus
• Christian cross, a frequently used religious symbol of Christianity
• True Cross, supposed remnants of the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified
• Feast of the Cross, a commemoration most often celebrated on September 14

Holy Cross may also refer to:

Educational institutions

• College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletic teams of Holy Cross at Worcester
• Holy Cross School (disambiguation)
• Holy Cross College (disambiguation)
• Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, in Brookline, Massachusetts
• Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy

Churches

• Holy Cross Church (disambiguation)

Communities

Order of the Holy Cross refers to several institutions by that name:

• Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra (ORC), a Catholic religious order founded in Portugal in 1131 and refounded in 1977
• Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (OSC), alias the Crosiers, a Catholic religious order founded in 1211 at Clairlieu near Huy, Belgium
• Order of the Holy Cross (OHC), an Anglican Benedictine community based in New York state in the United States
• Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem, a knightly order conferred by the Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Catholic religious orders

• Congregation of Holy Cross, priests and brothers
• Heiligenkreuz Abbey, or Holy Cross monastery in Austria
• Holy Cross Abbey, Virginia
• Holy Cross Abbey, in Tipperary, Ireland
• Marianites of Holy Cross, of Le Mans, France, and New Orleans, Louisiana
• Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, association of Opus Dei priests
• Sisters of Holy Cross of Montreal, Canada and Manchester, New Hampshire
• Sisters of the Holy Cross, of Notre Dame, Indiana

Anglican religious orders

• Community of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine community of nuns in England
• Society of the Holy Cross, priests in the Anglican Communion
• Society of the Holy Cross (Korea) (SHC), an order of women in the Anglican Church of Korea
• Order of the Holy Cross (OHC), an Anglican Benedictine community in New York
• Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC), lay and ordained members of the Anglican Communion

Eastern Orthodox associations

• Monastery of the Cross, in Jerusalem

Places

Canada

• Holy Cross Mountain, Alberta

Ireland

• Holycross, County Tipperary, Ireland
• Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne, Belfast

Poland

• Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), in central Poland
• Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Voivodeship), a province of central Poland

United Kingdom

• Holy Cross, Worcestershire, England

United States

• Holy Cross, Alaska
• Holy Cross, Iowa
• Holy Cross, Kentucky
• Holy Cross, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Holy Cross, Wisconsin
• Holy Cross Township, Clay County, Minnesota
• Holy Cross Cemetery (disambiguation), numerous cemeteries
• Mount of the Holy Cross, a mountain in Colorado
• Holy Cross Parish, New Britain, Connecticut

Other

• Holy Cross dispute, surrounding Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne, Belfast in 2001 and 2002
• Holy Cross (film), a 2003 BBC television film based on the events of the Holy Cross dispute.

See also

• Holy Cross Church (disambiguation)
• Cathedral of the Holy Cross (disambiguation)
• Holy Cross Monastery (disambiguation)
• Order of the Holy Cross (disambiguation)
• Holyrood (disambiguation)
• Sainte-Croix (disambiguation)
• Santa Cruz (disambiguation)
• Santa Croce (disambiguation)
• St Cross (disambiguation)
• Hospet Church, in Dakshina Kannada, is one of the ancient churches in the Mangalore Diocese of India