Attested in the manuscript of Ephrem the Syrianʼs paraenesis from 1353. He was a monk and scribe in the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lesnovo. The colophone of the manuscript of Ephrem the Syrianʼs paraenesis gives account about the monk Tahate, who was commisioned by Arsenije, the Bishop of Zletovo, to copy the works of the Syrian father (povelěvšomu mi pisati sihь knigь moeǫ hudostiǫ tahate črьnьcь).