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Gleb of Kiev. Gleb Yurievich [a] (died 1171) was Prince of Kursk (1147), Kanev (1149), Pereyaslavl (1155–1169), and Grand Prince of Kiev (1169-1170; 1170–1171). He was a son of Yuri Dolgorukiy.
He built a pagan temple on a hill in Kiev dedicated to six gods: Perun—the god of thunder and war, a god favored by members of the prince's druzhina (military retinue); Slavic gods Stribog and Dazhd'bog; Mokosh—a goddess representing Mother Nature "worshipped by Finnish tribes"; Khors and Simargl, "both of which had Iranian ...
Boris and Gleb (Old East Slavic: Борисъ и Глѣбъ, romanized: Borisŭ i Glěbŭ), respective Christian names Roman (Романъ, Romanŭ) and David (Давꙑдъ, Davydŭ), were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after its Christianization.
The rich history of the wonderworking Kiev-Bratsk (i.e. "Brotherhood") Icon of the Mother of God revealed in 1654 tells us about the arduous spiritual life of Christians of that time, filled with asceticism and prayerful devotion. The icon was originally kept in the church of Saints Boris and Gleb in the city of Vyshgorod (Kiev).
Hace 4 días · Overview. Boris and Gleb. (d. 1015) Quick Reference. (d. 1015), martyrs. Sons of Vladimir by Anne of Constantinople, these two princes were killed at the instigation of their elder half-brother, Svyatopolk, whose aim was to ‘exterminate all his brothers in order to hold all power in his own hands’: Boris had been bequeathed Rostov and Gleb Muron.
Los príncipes Borís y Gleb (en ucraniano, Борис і Гліб; en ruso, Борис и Глеб), cuyos nombres cristianos son Román y David respectivamente, fueron hijos del príncipe Vladimiro I de Kiev y de la princesa bizantina Ana Porfirogéneta, hermana del emperador Basilio II.
Among the saints of Kiev are numbered the brothers Boris and Gleb, sons of Saint Vladimir. They refused to fight their elder brother Sviatopolk in a power struggle after the death of their father in 1015.
