Orthodox Cross

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A white three-barred cross with a short top bar and a slanted lower bar, on a purple square. The Russian or Eastern Orthodox cross, a symbol of Orthodox Christianity.

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Examples:

lighting a candle at the cathedral today ☦️
"what's that cross with the extra bars?" — "orthodox ☦️"
Christ is risen ☦️

Unicode:

U+2626 U+FE0F

Category:

Symbols