Holy Cross

Holy Cross or Saint Cross may refer to:

• 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

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

Churches

• Holy Cross Church (disambiguation)

Communities by the name of Order of the Holy Cross

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

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

Catholic religious orders

• The Congregation of Holy Cross, Roman Catholic religious community of priests and brothers—Educators and Missionaries
• The Marianites of Holy Cross of Le Mans, France and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• The Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
• The Sisters of Holy Cross of Montreal, Canada and Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
• The Priestly Society of the Holy Cross which is a Roman Catholic association of Opus Dei priests
• The Heiligenkreuz Abbey or Holy Cross monastery in Austria
• Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary, Ireland
• Holy Cross Abbey, Virginia, United States

Anglican religious orders

• The Community of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine community of nuns in England
• The Society of the Holy Cross, a religious society for priests in the Anglican Communion
• The Society of the Holy Cross (Korea) (SHC), an order of women religious within the Anglican Church of Korea
• The Order of the Holy Cross (OHC), an Anglican Benedictine community based in New York state in the United States
• The Sisters of the Holy Cross (Melanesia), a former Anglican order of sisters who converted to Roman Catholicism in 1950
• The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC), a religious society composed of approximately eight hundred women, lay and ordained members of the Anglican Communion, called to live individual lives under a rule of intercessory prayer

Eastern Orthodox associations

• The Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem

Places

United States

• Holy Cross, Alaska
• Holy Cross, Iowa
• Holy Cross, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 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

Ireland

• Holycross, County Limerick, Ireland

Poland

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

Other

• The Holy Cross dispute surrounding Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne, Belfast in 2001 and 2002

See also

• 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