Holy Cross

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Contents 1 Educational institutions 2 Churches 3 Communities by the name of Order of the Holy Cross 4 Catholic religious orders 5 Anglican associations 6 Eastern Orthodox associations 7 Geography 8 Other 9 See also

Holy Cross or Saint Cross may refer to:

• Christian cross, a frequently used religious symbol of Christianity
• Feast of the Cross, a commemoration most often celebrated on September 14

Holy Cross may also refer to:

[edit] Educational institutions

• College of the Holy Cross
• A number of Holy Cross Schools
• A number of Holy Cross Colleges

[edit] Churches

• Holy Cross Church (disambiguation)

[edit] 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 (ORC), a Catholic religious order founded in Portugal in 1131 and refounded in 1977.
• Order of the Holy Cross (Anglican) (OHC) an Anglican Benedictine community based in New York state.
• Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem a knightly order conferred by the Melkite Catholic Church.
• Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem of Belgium
• [http://www.pohcj.com Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem (Province of the United States)

[edit] 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
• The Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame, Indiana
• The Sisters of Holy Cross of Montreal, Canada and Manchester, New Hampshire
• The Priestly Society of the Holy Cross which is a Roman Catholic association of Opus Dei priests
• The Holy Cross monastery in Austria
• Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary, Ireland
• Holy Cross Abbey, Virginia

[edit] Anglican associations

• The Society of the Holy Cross is an Anglo-Catholic society for priests in the Anglican tradition
• The Society of the Holy Cross (SHC), an order of women religious within the Anglican Church of Korea
• Holy Cross Anglican Church New Providence, The Bahamas

[edit] Eastern Orthodox associations

• The Eastern Orthodox Church Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem
• Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts

[edit] Geography

United States

• Holy Cross, Alaska
• Holy Cross, Iowa
• Holy Cross, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Holy Cross Township, Minnesota
• Holy Cross Cemetery, numerous cemeteries
• Mount of the Holy Cross, a mountain in Colorado

Ireland

• Holycross, Ireland, in County Limerick

Poland

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

[edit] Other

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

[edit] See also

• Holyrood
• Sainte-Croix
• Santa Cruz
• St Cross
• Hospet Church

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