☦️ Orthodox Cross
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Emoji Meaning
1
A purple — sometimes blue — square bearing an Orthodox (Byzantine) cross at its center, often used to symbolize the Orthodox Christian faith.
2
This stylized depiction of the Orthodox cross is a familiar emblem of the Christian tradition in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and beyond. It is closely associated with Jesus Christ.
It is commonly used to represent faith, religion, the church, and religious rituals and sacraments.
Apple Name
- ☦️ Orthodox Cross
Unicode Name
- ☦️ Orthodox Cross
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
☦️ Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+2626 U+FE0F
Shortcodes
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For developers
| URL escape code | %E2%98%A6%EF%B8%8F |
| Punycode | xn--n4h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | E2 98 A6 EF B8 8F |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \u2626\uFE0F |
| C, C++, Python | \u2626\uFE0F |
| CSS | \2626 \FE0F |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{2626}\u{FE0F} |
| Perl | \x{2626}\x{FE0F} |
| HTML hex | ☦️ |
| HTML dec | ☦️ |