List of flags with Christian symbolism
This list exclusively includes the official flags of administrative bodies or territorial jurisdictions , representing current or former territories , states , counties , and provinces .
List
Flag
Entity
Dates used
Religious characteristics
Alabama
1895–present
A crimson cross of St. Andrew [ 1]
Åland
1954–present
Nordic Cross Flag
Alberta
1968–present
Saint George's Cross
Andorra
1866–present
Includes a bishop's mitre, representing the Bishop of Urgell [ 2]
Armenia
1990–present
The color red emblematizes the maintenance of the Christian faith[ 3]
Asturias
1990–present
Alpha and Omega and the Victory Cross [ 4]
Australia
1903–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick [ 5]
Bermuda
1999–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
British Ceylon
1875–1948
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
British Columbia
1960–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
British Honduras
1919–1981
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
British Hong Kong
1871–1997
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
British Indian Ocean Territory
1990–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
British Weihaiwei
1903–1930
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Calabria
1992–present
Teutonic and Byzantine crosses
City of London
1381–present
Saint George's Cross
Colonial Nigera
1954–1960
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Cook Islands
1979–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Denmark
1219–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 6]
Dominica
1978–present
The cross represents the Trinity [ 7]
Dominican Republic
1863–present
A Bible, a cross and the color white stands for salvation[ 8]
East Africa Protectorate
1895–1921
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
El Salvador
1912–present
Dios, Unión, Libertad (God, Union, Liberty)[ 9]
England
–present
Saint George's Cross
Falkland Islands
1999–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Faroe Islands
1940–present
Nordic Cross Flag
Fiji
1970–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew , St. Patrick and a dove
Finland
1918–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 6]
Florida
1900–present
St. Andrews cross and Motto (In God We Trust )[ 10]
Galicia
1984–present
A chalice joined to a silver host [ 11]
Georgia
2004–present
Jerusalem cross
Greece
1978–present
Greek cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy
Guernsey
1985–present
Saint George's Cross , Norman cross
Hawaii
1845–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Iceland
1944–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 6]
Ireland
1922–present
The green signifies the Catholic majority . The orange signifies the Protestant minority [ 12]
Ingria
1919–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 13]
Kingdom of Italy
1861–1946
Christian cross
Jersey
1981–present
Saltire
Kingdom of Jerusalem
1162–1291
Jerusalem cross [ 14]
Liechtenstein
1982–present
Christian cross [ 15]
Liguria
1997–present
Saint George's Cross
Malta
1964–present
George Cross
Manitoba
1965–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Mississippi
2021–present
Motto (In God We Trust )
Moldova
1990–present
Orthodox Cross
Montenegro
2004–present
Orthodox Cross .[ 15]
Montserrat
1960–present
Irish figure Erin holding a Christian cross
Moscow Oblast
–present
Orthodox Cross
New South Wales
1876–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
New Zealand
1902–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick [ 15]
Niue
1902–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Norway
1821–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 6]
Nova Scotia
1929–present
Saint Andrew's Cross [ 16]
Ontario
1965–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Orenburg Oblast
1996–present
Orthodox Cross [ 17]
Orkney
2007–present
Nordic Cross Flag
Pärnu
1934–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 18]
Piedmont
1995–present
Christian cross
Portugal
1911–present
Compound cross of five quinas , each one charged with five saltire-arranged bezants , representing the five wounds of Christ
Quebec
1948–present
Christian cross , fleurs-de-lys stand for the Virgin Mary[ 19]
Queensland
1876–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick , Maltese cross
Saint Helena
1984–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
San Marino
2011–present
Christian cross [ 15]
Sardinia
1999–present
Saint George's Cross
Scania
1902–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 20]
Scotland
1542–present
Saint Andrew's Cross
Serbia
2004–present
Serbian cross symbolizes Serbian Orthodoxy [ 21]
Shetland
2005–present
Nordic Cross Flag
Slovakia
1992–present
Patriarchal cross [ 22]
South Australia
1904–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Spain
1981–present
Christian cross [ 15]
Sweden
1906–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 6]
Switzerland
1841–present
Greek cross [ 23]
Tasmania
1876–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Tonga
1875–present
The red field symbolizes the Blood of Christ , while the white canton symbolizes the purity of Jesus and contains a Greek cross , representing Christianity itself.[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Tristan da Cunha
2002–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew , St. Patrick and motto (Our faith is our strength)
Tuvalu
1997–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Uganda Protectorate
1914–1962
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
United Kingdom
1707–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick [ 27]
Vatican City
1929–present
Crossed keys of Saint Peter and the Papal Tiara centered in the white band[ 28]
Victoria
1877–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Western Australia
1953–present
Crosses of St. George , St. Andrew and St. Patrick
Wilmington
1963–present
Nordic Cross Flag [ 29]
See also
References
^ "Alabama (U.S.)" . Flags of the World . Retrieved 2023-12-18 . The state flag was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.
^ Zartman, Rubin (2002). Power and Negotiation . University of Michigan Press. p. 111. ISBN 0472089072 .
^ "General Information on the government of Armenia's website" . gov.am . Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
^ "Asturias (Spain)" . CRW Flags . 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2023-12-13 .
^ Foley, Carol A. (1996). The Australian flag : colonial relic or contemporary icon? . Sydney: Federation Press. p. 18. ISBN 9781862871885 .
^ a b c d e Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers . ISBN 978-9004181489 . Many predominantly Christian states show a cross, symbolising Christianity, on their national flag. Scandinavian crosses or Nordic crosses on the flags of the Nordic countries–Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden–also represent Christianity.
^ "Flag Description: Dominica" . World Factbook . CIA . Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013 .
^ "Flag Description: Dominican Republic" . World Factbook . CIA . Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013 .
^ "Description of the Flag of El Salvador" . fotw.info . Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
^ "State Flag" . dos.fl.gov . Florida Department of State. Retrieved 2023-12-18 . The current design of Florida's state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the state legislature to add diagonal red bars, in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, to the flag.
^ "Galicia (Spain)" . CRW Flags . 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2023-12-13 .
^ Talocci, Mauro (1982). Guide to the Flags of the World . Morrow. p. 271 . ISBN 0688011411 .
^ "Ingrian flag" . heninen.net . Retrieved 2024-01-12 . It is a Nordic cross flag with a yellow background and a red scandinavian cross with an inserted narrow blue cross.
^ "Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099–1291" . Flags of the World . Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
^ a b c d e "64 countries have religious symbols on their national flags" . Pew Research. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-25 .
^ Smith, Whitney. "Flag of Nova Scotia" . brittanica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 2023-12-26 .
^ "Coat of arms of the Orenburg region" . Президентская библиотека имени Б.Н. Ельцина . Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
^ "Symbols of Pärnu" . parnu.ee . Retrieved 2023-12-29 . The flag of Pärnu is blue, with a white cross.
^ Smith, Whitney (January 26, 2001). "Flag of Quebec" . Encyclopaedia Britannica .
^ "Historien om Skånelands flagga" . skanskaakademien.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
^ Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance . Brill Academic. p. 88. ISBN 9789004181489 . The cross on the flag of Dominica represents Christianity while the three colours of which the cross consists stand for the Trinity. The coat of arms depicted on the flag of Slovakia shows a double cross. The flag of the Dominican Republic represents Christianity while the three colours of which the cross consists stand for the Trinity. The coat of arms depicted on the flag of Slovakia shows a double cross. The flag of the Dominican Republic shows the words "God, Fatherland, Liberty", an opened bible and a cross (depicted in the coat of arms which is represented in the centre). The 'five-cross-flag' of George shows four small crosses and a large St. George's Cross, referring to the patron saint of Georgia (the national flag of England shows the St. George's Cross as well). The white cross on the flag of Greece symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy. The flag of Moldova shows its coat of arms in the centre: an eagle with a Christian Orthodox cross in its beak. The coat of arms of Serbia, as depicted on the national flag, also shows an Orthodox cross.
^ "O štátnej vlajke, štátnej zástave, štátnom znaku a štátnej pečati" . Joint Czech–Slovak Digital Parliamentary Library . June 1939. Retrieved 2013-06-23 .
^ Foley, Carol A. (1 January 1996). The Australian Flag . Federation Press. p. 10. ISBN 9781862871885 . The Christian cross, for instance, is one of the oldest and most widely used symbols in the world, and many European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greece and Switzerland, adopted and currently retain the Christian cross on their national flags.
^ Kindersley Ltd., Dorling (6 January 2009). Complete Flags of the World . Penguin. p. 235. ISBN 9780756654863 . Retrieved 9 August 2014 .
^ "Tonga" . The World Factbook . CIA. Retrieved 9 August 2014 .
^ Smith, Whitney (24 November 2013). "Flag of Tonga" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 9 August 2014 . (subscription required)
^ "Union Jack" . The Royal Household. Retrieved 2013-06-23 .
^ "State of Vatican City: Flag, Coat of Arms and Seal" . vatican.va . 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2023-12-11 .
^ Purcell, John (2003). American City Flags . Vol. 9– 10. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08.
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