Mentioned among the signatories of the Tomos against Bekkos passed by the Synod in the church of Blachernai in 1285 and among the signatories of the synodical act in favour of the metropolitan of Monembasia, which was issued between 1285 and 1294.
He was the metropolitan of Melnik. He signed and approved the Tomos against Bekkos passed by the Synod in the church of Blachernai in 1285 (Ὁ ταπεινὸς μητροπολίτης Μελενίκου καὶ ὑπέρτιμος Δωρόθεος, ὁρίσας ὑπέγραψα) and also the synodical act in favour of the metropolitan of Monembasia, which was issued between 1285 and 1294 (τοῦ Μελενίκου Δωροθέου).