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