Smyadyn is the place of martyrdom of St. Gleb.

In 2015, the Orthodox world celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saints Boris and Gleb. Many Russian churches, churches and monasteries are dedicated to these martyrs. However, they are revered far beyond our country.

In the area of Smolensk, where the river Smyadyn, flowing into the Dnieper, forms a small bay convenient for stopping ships, which served in the Middle Ages as the western port of the city facing Kiev, in 1015 people sent by Svyatopolk overtook Prince Gleb and killed him. The murderers hastily buried the martyr on the shore.

Four years later, Gleb’s body was transported to Vyshgorod near Kiev. A well was dug at the burial site. The water in it had healing properties. The appearance of the monastery on Smyadyn researchers associated with the formation of the cult of Saints Boris and Gleb and attributed to the beginning of the XII century, simultaneously with the laying of Vladimir Monomakh main Smolensk

For the first time in chronicle sources, the monastery is mentioned under 1138, in 1191 the Smolensk prince Davyd Rostislavich brought to Smyadyn from Vyshgorod "... the coffins are dilapidated ..." Boris and Gleb. According to historians, Borisoglebsky stone temple was built as a cathedral of the monastery of the Smolensk princely dynasty.

During the Russo-Polish War in 1609, Polish troops settled in suburban monasteries, including Borisoglebsky. In 1633, the monastery was transferred to the Uniate Archbishop, after which it fell into disrepair and in 1680 it was mentioned only as a landmark in the boundary dispute, since it was already in ruins.

Now on the site of the former Borisogleb monastery there is a field, among the hills of which you can see only parts of the foundations of buildings. In 1991, a memorial stone was installed here. On it is carved a cross and a text telling about the martyrdom of St. Prince Gleb.

Every year on August 6, on the day of memory of the Passion-Bearers brothers, a divine service is performed at the monument. And in 2013, a small wooden church in honor of the holy martyrs Boris and Gleb began to operate on Smyadyn. They cut down a belfry nearby.

The sacred well above the place of the murder of Prince Gleb is now closed with a stone slab. It is hoped that one day in the future the monastery will be rebuilt on its historical site. Meanwhile, pilgrims come here to honor the memory of Saints Boris and Gleb and pray for health promotion and overcoming differences.