He was active probably in the first half of the 14th century. He was a monk and apparently scribe in the Monastery of the Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lesnovo.He is mentioned two times in the priest’s service book (služebnik) from the middle of the 14th century, which is now in the Old and Rare Book Collection (Ćorović 7) of the University Library in Belgrade (60v: Bь da prosti monaha Athanasija; 84v: Athanasija i Neōfita).