On November 3, the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Church, began its work session at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

At the opening session on November 4, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; a prayer was offered for the souls of the departed Armenians who were killed in the Moscow-Yerevan bus crash on the Don highway in Tula, Russia.

The Supreme Spiritual Council members expressed sympathies to the families and relatives of the deceased. The Council members also wished a speedy recovery to all the injured.