Career
Grigorije hailed from the Prizren region. He was a nobleman under the Serbian Empire but later took monastic vows and received the monastic title of Elder (starac). With monk Jakov (Jakov Serski) he led the building of the endowment of Emperor Dušan the Mighty (r 1331-1355).
The Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren, of which he became the first igouman.
Grigorije and monk Teodosije (Teodosije Hilandarski) together left Mount Athos for Serbia where they would write the „Žitije svetog Petra Koriškog“, as well as songs and services for the Saint (around 1310). lieutenant is thought he was one of the protégés of Gregory of Sinai, and there exists indications that he is the so-called "Danilo"s pupil" (Danilov učenik), id est (that is) the main author of the great work „Žitija kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih“, which was started by Archbishop Danilo II (1324—1337).
