<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cross of Saint John </Td> <Td> A Latin cross with the crossing point, starting initially as wide permanent and widening only at its end to the outside arms . It is not to be confused with the Maltese cross, also known as the St. John's cross . In heraldry, it is a common figure in coat of arms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cross of Saint Chad </Td> <Td> The cross is a combination of a Potent Cross and Quadrate Cross, which appears in the arms of the episcopal see of Lichfield & Coventry . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cross of Lazarus </Td> <Td> A cross with the ends of the arms bottony (or botonny, i.e. "furnished with knobs or buttons"), i.e. shaped like a trefoil--and so it is sometimes called a cross trefly . When combined with a green Maltese cross, it forms the insignia of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Armenian cross </Td> <Td> Symbol of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and a typical feature of khachkars . Also known as the "Blooming Cross" owing to the trefoil emblems at the ends of each branch . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bolnisi cross </Td> <Td> Ancient Georgian cross and national symbol from the 5th century AD . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Byzantine cross </Td> <Td> The Byzantine cross is the name for a Latin cross with outwardly spreading ends . It was the most common cruciform in the Byzantine Empire . Other crucifixes (Patriarch Cross, Russian Orthodox Cross, etc .) are sometimes misunderstood as "Byzantine cross" when they are from the Byzantine culture . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Caucasian Albanian cross </Td> <Td> Ancient Caucasian Albanian cross and national symbol from the 4th century AD . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Armenian cross-stone (Khachkar) </Td> <Td> A khachkar (cross-stone) is a popular symbol of Armenians . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canterbury cross </Td> <Td> A cross with four arms of equal length which widen to a hammer shape at the outside ends . Each arm has a triangular panel inscribed in a triquetra (three - cornered knot) pattern . There is a small square panel in the center of the cross . A symbol of the Anglican and Episcopal Churches . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Celtic Cross </Td> <Td> Essentially a Latin cross, with a circle enclosing the intersection of the upright and crossbar, as in the standing High crosses . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coptic ankh </Td> <Td> Shaped like the letter T surmounted by an oval or circle . Originally the Egyptian symbol for "life", it was adopted by the Copts (Egyptian Christians). Also called a crux ansata, meaning "cross with a handle". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coptic cross </Td> <Td> The original Coptic cross has its origin in the Coptic ankh . As depicted in Rudolf Koch's The Book of Signs (1933). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Coptic Cross </Td> <Td> This new Coptic Cross is the cross currently used by the Coptic Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria . It evolved from the older Coptic Crosses depicted above . A gallery of Coptic Crosses can be found here . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Syrian cross </Td> <Td> Syriac Orthodox cross . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gnostic cross </Td> <Td> Cross used by the early Gnostic sects . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> High cross </Td> <Td> From the 19th century, many large modern versions have been erected for various functions, and smaller Celtic crosses have become popular for individual grave monuments, usually featuring only abstract ornament, usually interlace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maltese cross </Td> <Td> A cross with eight - pointed cross having the form of four "V" - shaped elements, each joining the others at its vertex, leaving the other two tips spread outward symmetrically . It is the cross symbol associated with the Order of St. John since the middle ages, shared with the traditional Knights Hospitaller and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and by extension with the island of Malta . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maronite cross </Td> <Td> Cross of the Syriac Maronite Church </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Occitan cross </Td> <Td> Based on the counts of Toulouse's traditional coat of arms, it soon became the symbol of Occitania as a whole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Carolingian cross" </Td> <Td> Cross of triquetras, called "Carolingian" by Rudolf Koch for its appearance in Carolingian - era art . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Alternate Carolingian cross" </Td> <Td> A cross composed of four interlaced triquetras, for a total of 20 crossings . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rose Cross </Td> <Td> A cross with a rose blooming at the center . The central symbol to all groups embracing the philosophy of the Rosicrucians . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Serbian cross </Td> <Td> A Greek cross with 4 Cyrillic S's (C) in each of its angles, which represent the imperial motto of the Palaiologos dynasty when he resurrected the Byzantine Empire: King of Kings, Ruling Over Kings (βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων - Basileus Basileōn, Basileuōn Basileuontōn). A national symbol of Serbia and symbol of the Serbian Orthodox Church . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Suppedaneum cross </Td> <Td> Also known as Russian cross, Orthodox cross, Slavic or Slavonic cross . A three - barred cross in which the short top bar represents the inscription over Jesus' head, and the lowest (usually slanting) short bar, placed near the foot, represents his footrest (in Latin, suppedaneum). This cross existed in a slightly different form (with the bottom crossbeam pointing upwards) in Byzantium, and it was changed and adopted by the Russian Orthodox Church and especially popularized in the East Slavic countries . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Macedonian Cross, also known as Veljusa Cross (Вељушки крст). </Td> <Td> Macedonian Christian symbol, symbol of the Macedonian Orthodox Church . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anuradhapura cross </Td> <Td> A symbol of Christianity in Sri Lanka . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nordic cross / Scandinavian cross </Td> <Td> The cross design represents Christianity, and the characteristic shift of the center to the hoist side is early modern, first described the Danish civil ensign (Koffardiflaget) for merchant ships in a regulation of 11 June 1748, which specified the shift of the cross center towards the hoist as "the two first fields must be square in form and the two outer fields must be 6 / 4 lengths of those". </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Different types of christian crosses and their meanings