Mentioned in the inscription from 1286/1287 above the northern entrance of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Melnik. He was a priestmonk. He erected the Church of the Holy Trinity in Melnik. He supervised the fresco decoration of the interior of the church (ἀνηγέρθη ἐκ βάθρου καὶ ἀνιστορίθη ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦτος τῆς ὁμοουσίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Τριάδος διὰ συνδρομῆς καὶ ἐξόδου Ἰωαννικίου ἱερομονάχου ἐπὶ τῆ ποληχρονίω χαρᾶ τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου μεγάλου βασιλέως Ἀνδρονίκου τοῦ Παλεολόγου καὶ Εἰρήνης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης αὐγούστης τοῦ ἔτους ςψϛε).