The village of Smolino is located on both sides of the Iset River, 77 versts from Yekaterinburg. To the east of the village are the famous Smolino Caves in the Perm region, with a depth of 45 fathoms. In one of the caves stands a wooden cross, in another, a cell with an icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, a wooden door, and ceiling, and in the third, there is a spring with water. The time and method of formation of these caves remain unknown. From 1850 to 1855, there were attempts to establish a male hermitage here, but the police dispersed its inhabitants. In the 1880s, unknown people lived here, and in 1893-1894 they were replaced by others, resembling monks with long hair and in cassocks with leather belts. After their departure, a Yekaterinburg tradesman, Pyotr Pavlovich Zyryanov, settled here, who was sometimes visited by pilgrims.

The exact date of the founding of the village of Smolino and the reason for its name are not documented. However, according to oral traditions, confirmed by the prevalence of the surname Smoliny, the village may have been named after its first resident Smolin or due to the pine resinous forest.

The Smolino parish includes the village and the villages: Klyuchi, Veklenisheva, and Perebor. The parish population consists of state peasants, Russians, Orthodox, numbering 1421 men. Due to poor soil and lack of land, they partially engage in agriculture, but mainly in other trades: they work at mills, are hired in Yekaterinburg and other places, transport bread, and trade in groats and wheels.

The first church in the village of Smolino was built in the second half of the 17th century. In 1765, Metropolitan Pavel of Tobolsk and Siberia granted a charter for the construction of a wooden church in the name of the prophet Elijah. The church was consecrated in 1770. In 1822, the church suffered from a fire, was repaired, and consecrated again. In 1823, a charter was issued for the construction of a new stone church with two chapels. The Prophet Elijah altar was consecrated in 1847, and the left Dimitriev chapel in 1857. The exact date of the consecration of the Exaltation of the Cross chapel is unknown, but it presumably occurred in 1838 or earlier.

Between 1875-1880, the iconostases in the chapel churches were replaced, and from 1887-1893, the iconostasis of the cold church was renewed, and the walls were decorated with paintings. In 1895, the church building was plastered and whitewashed. In 1899, the crosses on the church and fence were gilded. In 1900, the church and fence were re-plastered and whitewashed, the roof covered with malachite, and the walls inside whitewashed.

Among the church icons, a wooden cross located in the Exaltation of the Cross chapel is especially venerated. According to tradition, it is made from a pine tree that grew crosswise at the site where the chapel stands by the miraculous well. In the past, the chapel and well were in disrepair, but after a fire that preserved the chapel, Orthodox believers began to visit it. Every year on the day of the Exaltation, a procession is held to the chapel for a prayer service and water blessing.

In the Smolino parish, there are also chapels in the village of Perebor in honor of Saint Stephen, in the village at the site of the former church in honor of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God, and near the Smolino Caves, where processions are held on April 23 and August 6. The income from church shops is about 19 rubles a year. In the village of Perebor, a literacy school has been operating in rented premises since 1892.