Cloud of Witnesses
The Orthodox Saint Finder
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…”Hebrews 12 : 1
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Project Status

A Living Encyclopedia

A Cloud of Witnesses is an ongoing effort to build a free Orthodox Christian encyclopedia — thousands of biographies, historical articles, angelology resources, feast information, and much more. While many features are complete, every section continues to be expanded, corrected, and refined. Thank you for your patience as this project grows.

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Saint Database

In Progress

Over 2,700 saints currently have profiles.

We are systematically reviewing every saint page to expand biographies, improve historical accuracy, add citations, and correct errors.

Progress updates are posted weekly.

  • 2,700+ saint profiles
  • Core database complete
  • Search completed
  • Daily commemorations
  • Biography expansion
This week:The first 500 profiles have been reviewed and are being worked on.
We are actively working through the group profiles and synaxes, correcting and expanding information as we go.
Every saint now has a page. A dove seal marks the entries a person has personally reviewed against the sources; we add more each day as we pray through the calendar. This is a family project and slow going — thank you for your patience as we continue to verify and enrich it.
In Progress

The Heavenly Hosts

High PriorityIn Progress

One of the largest expansions of A Cloud of Witnesses is a comprehensive Orthodox encyclopedia dedicated to the holy angels and heavenly powers.

The first pages of this section are now live, and it remains under active development as one of the project’s highest priorities.

Future goals
  • Individual angel profiles
  • Interactive visual hierarchy
  • Timeline of angelic appearances in Scripture
  • Rich cross-linking between saints, Scripture, and angelic events
Section progress
  • The Nine Orders of Angels
  • Named Archangels in Orthodox Tradition
  • Guardian Angels
  • Biblical angelic events
  • Angels throughout Holy Scripture
  • Revelation angelology
  • Second Temple Jewish literature (distinguished from canonical Scripture)
  • Early Christian angelology
  • Interactive hierarchy of the Heavenly Hosts
  • Cross-linked encyclopedia articles

Contributors

In Progress

We are looking for Orthodox iconographers and monasteries to obtain permission to feature their icons on the website. If you would like to work with us please reach out.

Current collaboration
Please contact us at [email protected] to join the cloud.

The Church Year

In Progress

The interactive calendar now supports both the New (Revised Julian) and Old (Julian) calendars, with liturgical colors and fasting guidance for each day.

Section progress
  • New Calendar
  • Old Calendar toggle
  • Liturgical colors
  • Fasting rules by tradition (Greek & Russian)
  • Feast information
  • Fast information
  • Moveable Paschal calendar
  • Customs and traditions
This week:The Old Calendar toggle, liturgical colors, and tradition-based fasting guidance are live on the calendar.
Every calendar day is now tinted with a liturgical color commonly used in Orthodox practice, with a Liturgical Colors & Fasting Guide explaining each one.
Fasting follows Greek Orthodox (GOARCH) practice in the New Calendar view and Russian Orthodox practice in the Old Calendar view — with notes to speak with your parish priest, including the American Thanksgiving allowance at the start of the Nativity Fast.
Saint pages show each feast day in both reckonings.

The Orthodox Home

Under Review

Icons in the Home is now available with an interactive guide to creating an Orthodox home. The page is currently undergoing review as we continue expanding its content.

Liturgical Living has launched as a new section and is actively in development. It will offer practical guides for living the Church Year at home, including family traditions, home prayer, and seasonal customs that accompany the feasts and fasting seasons.

New

Parish Resources

In Progress

As told in Our Story, the initial point of this website was to create a patron saint quiz to help catechumens connect to the saints. One of the first plans was to put a QR code up outside our parish library so that our catechumens could scan it and take the quiz.

That idea is now a full page of free, print-ready materials: nine QR cards — one for each major section of the site, from the patron saint quiz to the calendar and Icons in the Home — each in color and black & white, with a printing and display guide. Post them in the narthex, by the register, or on the parish bulletin board; everything is freely given.

What's on the page
  • Nine print-ready QR cards (color & black-and-white)
  • Download one card or the whole set
  • Printing & display guide
  • Custom requests — flyers, banners, social graphics
  • More resources for teachers & ministries
Every card is free to download and print — no account, no cost. If your parish needs a custom size or a feast-day graphic, reach out and we'll prepare it.
Weekly Updates

Latest Progress

July 2026
  • Added the new Parish Resources section
  • Published the first Heavenly Hosts pages
  • Updated feast and fast information
  • Added a moveable Paschal-season calendar covering all dates until 2031
  • Reviewed the first 500 saint profiles
  • Introduced a redesigned navigation system with dropdown menus
  • Added the About section and contact page
  • Began building the Heavenly Hosts section
  • Expanded saint relationship networks
  • Continued historical review and correction of saint profiles
June 2026
  • Completed the initial saint database
  • Began comprehensive profile expansion and verification
  • Modernized the Patron Saint Quiz
  • Partnered with Theophany Works
  • Published editorial standards and research methodology
  • Expanded Saints of America
  • Improved the interactive liturgical calendar
May 2026
  • Launched OrthodoxSaintFinder.com
  • Published the initial searchable database
  • Released the Patron Saint Quiz
  • Introduced the interactive calendar