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'''List of flags inscribed with Christian symbolism'''

This list exclusively includes the official flags of administrative bodies or territorial jurisdictions, representing current or former territories, [[Earth:Sovereign state|states]], counties, and provinces.

== List ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Flag
!Entity
!Dates used
!'''Religious characteristics'''
|-
|{{Flagicon|Alabama|size=x30px}}
|Alabama
|1895–present
|A [[Crimson|crimson]] [[Engineering:Saltire|cross of St. Andrew]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alabama (U.S.) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-al.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Flags of the World |quote=The state flag was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Åland|size=x30px}}
|Åland
|1954–present
|Nordic Cross Flag
|-
|{{Flagicon|Andorra|size=x30px}}
|Andorra
|1866–present
|Includes a bishop's mitre, representing the Bishop of Urgell<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zartman |first=Rubin |title=Power and Negotiation |year=2002 |isbn=0472089072 |page=111|publisher=University of Michigan Press }}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Armenia|size=x30px}}
|Armenia
|1990–present
|The color red emblematizes the maintenance of the Christian faith<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Information on the government of Armenia's website |url=https://www.gov.am/en/official/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=gov.am}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Asturias|size=x30px}}
|Asturias
|1990–present
|[[Alpha and Omega]] and the Victory Cross<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-31 |title=Asturias (Spain) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/es-o.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=CRW Flags}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Australia|size=x30px}}
|Australia
|1903–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Foley |first=Carol A. |title=The Australian flag : colonial relic or contemporary icon? |publisher=Federation Press |year=1996 |isbn=9781862871885 |location=Sydney |page=18}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Bermuda|size=x30px}}
|Bermuda
|1999–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|British Ceylon|size=x30px}}
|British Ceylon
|1875–1948
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|British Honduras|size=x30px}}
|British Honduras
|1919–1981
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|British Hong Kong|size=x30px}}
|British Hong Kong
|1871–1997
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|British Indian Ocean Territory|size=x30px}}
|British Indian Ocean Territory
|1990–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|Weihaiwei|size=x30px}}
|British Weihaiwei
|1903–1930
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|City of London|size=x30px}}
|[[Finance:City of London|City of London]]
|1381–present
|Saint George's Cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|Colonial Nigeria|size=x30px}}
|Colonial Nigera
|1954–1960
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|Cook Islands|size=x30px}}
|Cook Islands
|1979–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|Denmark|size=x30px}}
|Denmark
|1219–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Temperman |first=Jeroen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Khag6tbsIn4C&dq=flag+of+sweden+christian&pg=PA88 |title=State Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law |publisher=[[Company:Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|Martinus Nijhoff Publishers]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-9004181489 |quote=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.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Dominica|size=x30px}}
|Dominica
|1978–present
|The cross represents the [[Religion:Trinity|Trinity]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flag Description: Dominica |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_do.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615130501/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_do.html |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |website=World Factbook |publisher=CIA}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Dominican Republic|size=x30px}}
|Dominican Republic
|1863–present
|A Bible, a [[Religion:Christian cross|cross]] and the color white stands for salvation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flag Description: Dominican Republic |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_dr.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615114105/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_dr.html |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |website=World Factbook |publisher=CIA}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|British East Africa|size=x30px}}
|East Africa Protectorate
|1895–1921
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|El Salvador|size=x30px}}
|El Salvador
|1912–present
|Dios, Unión, Libertad (God, Union, Liberty)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Description of the Flag of El Salvador |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/sv.html |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|England|size=x30px}}
|England
|–present
|Saint George's Cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|Falkland Islands|size=x30px}}
|Falkland Islands
|1999–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|Faroe Islands|size=x30px}}
|[[Biography:Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]]
|1940–present
|Nordic Cross Flag
|-
|{{Flagicon|Fiji|size=x30px}}
|Fiji
|1970–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick and a [[Biology:Doves as symbols|dove]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Finland|size=x30px}}
|Finland
|1918–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Florida|size=x30px}}
|Florida
|1900–present
|[[Engineering:Saltire|St. Andrews cross]] and Motto ([[Religion:In God We Trust|In God We Trust]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Flag |url=https://dos.fl.gov/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-flag/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=dos.fl.gov |publisher=Florida Department of State |quote=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.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Galicia|size=x30px}}
|Galicia
|1984–present
|A [[Unsolved:Chalice|chalice]] joined to a [[Chemistry:Silver|silver]] host<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-02 |title=Galicia (Spain) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/es-ga.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=CRW Flags}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Georgia|size=x30px}}
|Georgia
|2004–present
|Jerusalem cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|Greece|size=x30px|variant=}}
|Greece
|1978–present
|Greek cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy
|-
|{{Flagicon|Iceland|size=x30px}}
|Iceland
|1944–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Ireland|size=x30px}}
|Ireland
|1922–present
|The green signifies the Catholic majority. The orange signifies the Protestant minority<ref>{{Cite book |last=Talocci |first=Mauro |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetoflagsofwo00talo |title=Guide to the Flags of the World |year=1982 |isbn=0688011411 |page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetoflagsofwo00talo/page/271 271] |publisher=Morrow |url-access=registration}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Ingria|size=x30px}}
|[[Place:Ingria|Ingria]]
|1919–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ingrian flag |url=http://heninen.net/inkeri/lippu_e.htm |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=heninen.net |quote=It is a Nordic cross flag with a yellow background and a red scandinavian cross with an inserted narrow blue cross.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Kingdom of Jerusalem|size=x30px}}
|[[History:Kingdom of Jerusalem|Kingdom of Jerusalem]]
|1162–1291
|Jerusalem cross<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099–1291 |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/rel-c-kj.html |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Liechtenstein|size=x30px}}
|Liechtenstein
|1982–present
|[[Religion:Christian cross|Christian cross]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=64 countries have religious symbols on their national flags |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/25/64-countries-have-religious-symbols-on-their-national-flags/ |access-date=2014-12-25 |publisher=Pew Research}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Malta|size=x30px}}
|Malta
|1964–present
|George Cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|Mississippi|size=x30px}}
|Mississippi
|2021–present
|Motto ([[Religion:In God We Trust|In God We Trust]])
|-
|{{Flagicon|Moldova|size=x30px}}
|Moldova
|1990–present
|Orthodox Cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|Montenegro|size=x30px}}
|Montenegro
|2004–present
|Orthodox Cross<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Montserrat|size=x30px}}
|Montserrat
|1960–present
|Irish figure Erin holding a [[Religion:Christian cross|Christian cross]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Moscow Oblast|size=x30px}}
|Moscow Oblast
|–present
|Orthodox Cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|New Zealand|size=x30px}}
|New Zealand
|1902–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Niue|size=x30px}}
|Niue
|1902–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|Norway|size=x30px}}
|Norway
|1821–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Nova Scotia|size=x30px}}
|Nova Scotia
|1929–present
|[[Engineering:Saltire|Saint Andrew's Cross]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Whitney |title=Flag of Nova Scotia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Nova-Scotia |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=brittanica.com |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Orenburg Oblast|size=x30px}}
|Orenburg Oblast
|1996–present
|Orthodox Cross<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coat of arms of the Orenburg region |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1157480 |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Президентская библиотека имени Б.Н. Ельцина |lang=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Orkney|size=x30px}}
|Orkney
|2007–present
|Nordic Cross Flag
|-
|{{Flagicon|Portugal|size=x30px}}
|Portugal
|1911–present
|Compound cross of five ''quinas'', each one charged with five saltire-arranged bezants, representing the five wounds of Christ
|-
|{{Flagicon|Pärnu|size=x30px}}
|Pärnu
|1934–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref>{{Cite web |title=Symbols of Pärnu |url=https://parnu.ee/en/home/symbols-of-parnu |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=parnu.ee |quote=The flag of Pärnu is blue, with a white cross.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Saint Helena|size=x30px}}
|Saint Helena
|1984–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|San Marino|size=x30px}}
|San Marino
|2011–present
|[[Religion:Christian cross|Christian cross]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Scania|size=x30px}}
|Scania
|1902–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historien om Skånelands flagga |url=http://skanskaakademien.se/index.php/15-specialartiklar/62-historien-on-skånelands-flagga.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930084721/http://skanskaakademien.se/index.php/15-specialartiklar/62-historien-on-sk%C3%A5nelands-flagga.html |archive-date=2017-09-30 |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=skanskaakademien.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Scotland|size=x30px}}
|Scotland
|1542–present
|[[Engineering:Saltire|Saint Andrew's Cross]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Serbia|size=x30px}}
|Serbia
|2004–present
|Serbian cross symbolizes Serbian Orthodoxy<ref>{{Cite book |last=Temperman |first=Jeroen |title=State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance |publisher=Brill Academic |year=2010 |isbn=9789004181489 |page=88 |quote=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 Tinity. 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.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Slovakia|size=x30px}}
|Slovakia
|1992–present
|Patriarchal cross<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1939 |title=O štátnej vlajke, štátnej zástave, štátnom znaku a štátnej pečati |url=http://www.psp.cz/eknih/1939ssr/tisky/t0015_00.htm |access-date=2013-06-23 |website=Joint Czech–Slovak Digital Parliamentary Library}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Spain|size=x30px}}
|Spain
|1981–present
|[[Religion:Christian cross|Christian cross]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Sweden|size=x30px}}
|Sweden
|1906–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{Flagicon|Switzerland|size=x30px}}
|Switzerland
|1841–present
|Greek cross<ref>{{Cite book |last=Foley |first=Carol A. |title=The Australian Flag |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=Federation Press |isbn=9781862871885 |page=10 |quote=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.}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Tonga|size=x30px}}
|Tonga
|1875–present
|Greek cross
|-
|{{Flagicon|Tristan da Cunha|size=x30px}}
|Tristan da Cunha
|2002–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick and motto (Our faith is our strength)
|-
|{{Flagicon|Tuvalu|size=x30px}}
|Tuvalu
|1997–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|Protectorate of Uganda|size=x30px}}
|Uganda Protectorate
|1914–1962
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick
|-
|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom|size=x30px}}
|United Kingdom
|1707–present
|Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Jack |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/UnionJack.aspx |access-date=2013-06-23 |publisher=The Royal Household}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Vatican City|size=x30px}}
|Vatican City
|1929–present
|Crossed keys of Saint Peter and the Papal Tiara centered in the white band<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-09 |title=State of Vatican City: Flag, Coat of Arms and Seal |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/insigne/sp_ss_scv_stemma-bandiera-sigillo_en.html |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=vatican.va}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Wilmington|size=x30px}}
|Wilmington
|1963–present
|Nordic Cross Flag<ref>{{Cite book |last=Purcell |first=John |url=http://nava.org/raven-a-journal-of-vexillology/volume-9-10-2002-2003/ |title=American City Flags |year=2003 |volume=9–10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708180807/http://nava.org/raven-a-journal-of-vexillology/volume-9-10-2002-2003/ |archive-date=2019-07-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* Religious symbolism
* [[Religion:History of Christian flags|History of Christian flags]]
* [[Religion:Religion in national symbols|Religion in national symbols]]
== References ==
[[Category:Christian symbols]]

{{Sourceattribution|List of flags with Christian symbolism}}