Holy Cross or Saint Cross may refer to: * the instrument of the

crucifixion of Jesus The crucifixion and death of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33. It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, attested to by other ancient sources, and consid ...

* Christian cross, a frequently used religious symbol of Christianity *

True Cross The True Cross is the cross upon which Jesus was said to have been crucified, particularly as an object of religious veneration. There are no early accounts that the apostles or early Christians preserved the physical cross themselves, althoug ...

, 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 The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

, Worcester, Massachusetts *

Holy Cross Crusaders The Holy Cross Crusaders are the athletic teams representing the College of the Holy Cross. They primarily compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Patriot League. In ice hockey, a sport not sponsored by the Patriot League for either sex, th ...

, the athletic teams of Holy Cross at Worcester *

Holy Cross School (disambiguation) Holy Cross School may refer to: Places Canada * Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School (St. Catharines), Ontario * Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, Kingston, Ontario * Holy Cross High School (Saskatoon), Saskatchewan * Holy Cross Regional High ...

* Holy Cross College (disambiguation) *

Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is an Orthodox Christian liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts. Its mission is to educate individuals for life and service in the Orthodox Christian ...

, in Brookline, Massachusetts * Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy

Churches

Holy Cross Church (disambiguation) Holy Cross Church, or variants thereof, may refer to: Canada * Church of the Holy Cross (Skatin). a first nations church in Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British Columbia * Holy Cross Church, Wikwemikong, Ontario China * Holy Cross Church, Wanzhou * ...

Communities

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

Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra The Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded in Portugal in the 12th century. The follows the Rule of Saint Augustine. History The Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra were founde ...

(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 The Order of the Holy Cross is an international Anglican monastic order that follows the Rule of St. Benedict. History The order was founded in 1884 by the Rev. James Huntington, an Episcopal priest, in New York City. The order moved to Mar ...

(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 Heiligenkreuz Abbey (german: Stift Heiligenkreuz; en, Abbey of the Holy Cross) is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern part of the Vienna woods, c. 13 km north-west of Baden in Lower Austria. It is the olde ...

, or Holy Cross monastery in Austria *

Holy Cross Abbey, Virginia Holy Cross Abbey is a monastery of the Catholic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO), popularly known as the Trappists. The monastery is located near Berryville in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, United States. History The o ...

Holy Cross Abbey Holy Cross Abbey ''(Mainistir na Croise Naofa)'' was a Cistercian monastery in Holycross near Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, situated on the River Suir. It takes its name from a relic of the True Cross or Holy Rood. History A supposed fra ...

, 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 The Community of the Holy Cross (CHC) is an Anglican religious order founded in 1857 by Elizabeth Neale (sister of John Mason Neale), at the invitation of Father Charles Fuge Lowder, to work with the poor around St Peter's London Docks in Wappi ...

, a Benedictine community of nuns in England * Society of the Holy Cross, priests in the Anglican Communion *

Society of the Holy Cross (Korea) The Society of the Holy Cross (SHC) is an order of women religious (or nuns) in the Anglican Church of Korea. It is not to be confused with the Society of the Holy Cross, SSC (Societas Sanctae Crucis), which is an international order of Anglo-Cath ...

(SHC), an order of women in the Anglican Church of Korea *

(OHC), an Anglican Benedictine community in New York *

Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC) is an organization for Episcopal/Anglican women founded by Emily Malbone Morgan in 1884. SCHC has chapters across the United States and India. There also is a virtual chapter for members who don ...

(SCHC), lay and ordained members of the Anglican Communion

Eastern Orthodox associations

* Monastery of the Cross, in Jerusalem

Places

Canada

Holy Cross Mountain Holy Cross Mountain is a mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada. Description Holy Cross Mountain is situated southwest of Calgary at the southern end of the Highwood Range which is a subrange of the Canadian Rockies.Dave Birrell, Ron El ...

, Alberta

Ireland

Holycross Holycross () is a village and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. The civil parish straddles two counties and the baronies of Eliogarty and of Middle Third (South Tipperary). It is ...

, County Tipperary, Ireland *

Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church on the Crumlin Road in Ardoyne,Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the ...

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

Poland

* Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), in central Poland *

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (province) of Poland situated in southeastern part of the country, in the histo ...

(Holy Cross Voivodeship), a province of central Poland

United Kingdom

Holy Cross, Worcestershire Holy Cross is one of five hamlets in village of Clent in the county of Worcestershire, England. The hamlet consists of housing apart from the ''Bell and Cross'' public house, Clent Parish Hall and Clent Primary School. History A converted barn w ...

, England

United States

Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross ( in Deg Xinag, esu, Ingirraller, russian: Холи-Кросс) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 178, down from 227 in 2000. Geography Holy Cross is located at (62 ...

Holy Cross, Iowa Holy Cross is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 356 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 399 in 2000. Geography Holy Cross is located at (42.600 ...

Holy Cross, Kentucky Holy Cross is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. The town developed at the site of the first Roman Catholic church in Kentucky. See also *Kentucky Route 527 Kentucky Route 527 ...

Holy Cross, New Orleans Holy Cross is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lower Ninth Ward District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Claude Avenue to the north, St. Bernard Parish to the east, the Missi ...

, Louisiana * Holy Cross, Wisconsin * Holy Cross Township, Clay County, Minnesota * Holy Cross Cemetery (disambiguation), numerous cemeteries *

Mount of the Holy Cross Mount of the Holy Cross is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, west-southwest ...

, a mountain in Colorado * Holy Cross Parish, New Britain, Connecticut

Other

Holy Cross dispute The Holy Cross dispute occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland. During the 30-year conflict known as the Troubles, Ardoyne had become segregated – Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics lived in separat ...

, surrounding Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne, Belfast in 2001 and 2002 * Holy Cross (film), a 2003

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television film based on the events of the Holy Cross dispute.