He was elevated to the rank of mitrophoros (mitrate) protoiereus.

The term is distinct from protoiereus (archpriest), the highest ecclesiastical rank to which a married priest may attain in the Greek Church.

Mytrofan Yavdas- was a Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox protoiereus (archpriest) and religious author who suffered persecution and imprisonment while living in the Soviet Union.

During World War I, the church was headed by protoiereus Ioann Vostorgov, a nationalist preacher and one of the leaders of the Union of the Russian People.

During the years 1941-1942, he assisted Protoiereus Simon Yavtushenko to organize the church activities of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the Nikopolskyi Raion.