Orthodox cross
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- Shortcode
:orthodox_cross:- Unicode
U+2626- HTML
☦- CSS
\2626- JavaScript
"\u{2626}"- URL
%E2%98%A6%EF%B8%8F
What ☦️ means
The Orthodox cross, with three crossbars and a slanted bottom bar. It is a symbol of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Orthodox Christians use it for church services, Orthodox Easter and name-day greetings. It is common in Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Greek communities.
Facts
Orthodox cross ☦️ is an emoji in the symbols category, under religion. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :orthodox_cross:. People also look for it with words like “Christian”, “cross”, “orthodox”, or “religion”.
Timeline
- 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 1.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2017
2021
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2016
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.