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Orthodox Cross Emoji

☦️ Orthodox cross

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☦️ Emoji meaning

Symbol of faith in Orthodox Christianity, crucifixion.

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☦️ Meaning

Through the additional bar, the Russian-Orthodox symbol is an extension of the cross known from Christianity. With the “foot rest”, it is meant to remind us of the crucifixion of Jesus.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Orthodox cross

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Latin cross vs orthodox cross; both Christian cross symbols, detailed bar differences are small at emoji size.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Orthodox cross” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ orthodox

Keywords removed

- orthodox cross

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ orthodox cross

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Christian + cross + religion

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