 His venture is explained by reasons of sale, his care for his soul's sake, and of patriotism ("I saw the compiling of the printing presses of Godly scriptures in Greek, French, and other languages, and I wished eagerly to compile in printing press also our Serb and also Bulgarian ones").He distributed his books to monks via Kotor and Dubrovnik.The books influenced not only Serbian printing, but also Bulgarian, Romanian and Russian printing.