Born around 1360, he came from educated circles and was distinguished by his wisdom. He studied painting in Byzantium and Bulgaria, working with Theophanes the Greek. His life is connected with the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, where he took monastic vows. In the spiritual environment, he learned from examples of holiness and lived the life of an iconographer-ascetic alongside Daniel the Black for about 20 years.
After the death of the Blessed Daniel, he received a revelation about the glorification of his spiritual brother in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The holy hands are attributed the miraculous image of the Holy Trinity, as well as the frescoes of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin and the Assumption Cathedral in the city of Vladimir (1408). He wrote the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God for the Assumption Cathedral, as well as painted the walls and executed the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and other works.
