Sarkis credited God for his military victories, which included fending off Julian's troops entering into Shapur's kingdom.
[3] Sarkis urged troops serving with him to become Christians and believe in God the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
[5] Shapur ordered Sarkis, Martiros and the baptized soldiers to participate and offer sacrifices in a Zoroastrian ceremony in a pagan temple.
He also had his fourteen Christian companions beheaded[6][7] but spared Sarkis to reconsider by sending him back to prison.
Both Sarkis the Warrior and his son Martiros were canonized as Christian saints in the Armenian Apostolic Church.