Holy Cross

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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

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

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

Community of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine community of nuns in England
Society of the Holy Cross, a religious society for priests in the Anglican Communion
Society of the Holy Cross (Korea) (SHC), an order of women religious within the Anglican Church of Korea
Order of the Holy Cross (OHC), an Anglican Benedictine community based in New York state in the United States
Sisters of the Holy Cross (Melanesia), a former Anglican order of sisters who converted to Roman Catholicism in 1950
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

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

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