The special services known as Mikro Minima and Mega Minima (the official announcement of election) were held on Saturday, November 18, at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Constantinople. In the presence of Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne the Great Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Benjamin read the official decision of the election followed by the reading and signing of acknowledgement, of acceptance and gratitude by bishop-elect Konstantinos.