Holy Cross Explained

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 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

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

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
Holy Cross (film), a 2003 BBC television film based on the events of the Holy Cross dispute.