Feast of the Cross
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Summary
Feast of the Cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,898 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Named after: True Cross[2]
- Followed by: Octave of the feast of True Cross[3]
- Subclass of: Christian holy day[4]
- Part of: Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[5]
- Commons category: Feast of the Cross[6]
- Said to be the same as: Elevation of the Holy Cross[7]
- Commemorates: True Cross[8]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: September 14[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Feast of the Cross[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
- Different from: Finding of the True Cross[14]
- P14483: f/fiesta-de-la-exaltacion-de-la-santa-cruz[15]
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Influence
Things named for Feast of the Cross include Exaltación de la Cruz Partido[16], a partido of Buenos Aires Province[17], in Argentina[18]; Church of Holy Cross[19], a church building[20], in Croatia[21]; Church of the Exaltation of the Cross[22], a church building[23], in Russia[24]; Monastery of the Holy Cross[25], a monastery[26], in Ukraine[27], founded in 1650[28]; Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Irkutsk)[29], an Eastern Orthodox church building[30], in Russia[31], founded in 1747[32]; Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Kazan[33], a church building[34], in Russia[35], founded in 2008[36]; Greek Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Kraków[37], a Greek Catholic church[38], in Poland[39]; and Exaltation of the Holy Cross church in Jelenia Góra[40], a church building[41], in Poland[42].
Why It Matters
Feast of the Cross has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include Exaltación de la Cruz Partido[16], a partido of Buenos Aires Province[17], in Argentina[18]; Church of Holy Cross[19], a church building[20], in Croatia[21]; Church of the Exaltation of the Cross[22], a church building[23], in Russia[24]; Monastery of the Holy Cross[25], a monastery[26], in Ukraine[27], founded in 1650[28]; Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Irkutsk)[29], an Eastern Orthodox church building[30], in Russia[31], founded in 1747[32]; and Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Kazan[33], a church building[34], in Russia[35], founded in 2008[36].