He is known for being persecuted for introducing modern philosophical thought to Greek education, the incident is widely known as the Methodios Affair.

He made a significant contribution to the growth of the Modern Greek Enlightenment during the Ottoman occupation of Greece.

[1][2] Anthrakites was born in the village of Kaminia (Καμινιά) or Kamnia (Καμνιά), in the Zagori region (Epirus).

After becoming a priest, he left for Venice in 1697, where he studied philosophy, mathematics, geometry, trigonometry, astronomy, and physics.

He was associated with Meletius Tipaldi a former Greek Orthodox convert to Roman Catholicism living in Venice.

He returned to Greece in 1708 and become the first director of the Ierospoudasterion, a new school founded in Kastoria in Macedonia.

At the institution, he taught mathematics, Elements of Euclid, Spherics of Theodosius, geometry theoretical and practical use of geometric instruments.

He also taught micrometry, altitude, surface metering, geodesy, iconography, choreography, stereometry, holometry, and sometimes trigonometry.

He tried to focus on the new teachings of Descartes and Malebranche while new philosophical doctrines were suspect across Europe and banned in some countries.

He was eventually involved in the Methodios affair as Galileo faced the inquisition for Heliocentrism.

He returned to Kastoria and in 1723 appeared before the bishop of Achris Ioasaph to defend his Christian faith.

[11] On 23 August 1723, the Patriarchate of Constantinople Jeremias III formally accused him of heresy as a follower of Spanish mystic Miguel de Molinos and Quietism and issued a condemnation of his teachings.

His books reflected his thoughts on geometry, logic, physics, euclidean arithmetic, and philosophy.