St. Sarapion, Martyr, was a native of the City of Binosah (Babousah), a town of Lower Egypt. He was wealthy, had many possessions, and he was also a charitable man.

 At the time of the persecution, he heard that Armanius the governor of Alexandria, had arrived in Lower Egypt, the northern part of the country, to persecute the Christians. He went out with his friend, Theodore and another friend who was a shepherd called Thomas to meet him. They all confessed the Name of Christ before the Governor, who cast them into prison.

When the people of his town heard about his arrest, they were furious and came carrying their arms to kill the Governor and to free the saint. When the saint saw that, he constrained them saying that he wanted to be martyred in the name of Christ. Then, they went away. The Governor took the saint with him to Alexandria on a ship. There, he tortured St. Sarapion with the pressing wheel (Hinbazin), and threw him in a ditch for fire. So, he put him in a cauldron full of pitch and bitumen and lit fire under him. Through it all, the Lord was with him and delivered him safely. At last they crucified him and threw arrows at him, but an angel came and brought St. Sarapion down, and crucified the Governor in his place. The executioners continued to throw arrows at the Governor as if he was the saint, while he was crying and saying, "I am Armanius."  The saint said to the Governor, "The Lord God lives, you will not be brought down from the tree, until you order  to free those who are in prison ."  The governor did as the saint told him.

The number of martyrs that were beheaded on that day was 540 souls.  Later, the Governor gave the responsibility of torturing the Saint to one of the princes, whose name was Orion. He traveled with the saint by sea to his home town. At night they slept when the ship was ashore at one of the villages. In the morning, Orion found that the place where the ship had reached, was the town of the saint. He was marveled, and he heard a voice saying, "This is his town, you should get him out of the ship." After Orion and his company had tortured the saint, they beheaded him, and he received the crown of martyrdom. Then, Orion wrapped the body of the saint in his tunic and delivered him to his family.