The commemoration ceremony was held on April 4, 2016 in St. Hovhannes Mkrtich church in Yerevan Kond district. The funerals took place on April 5, 2016. Sassun Mkrtchyan was buried in Yerablur military pantheon with appropriate military ceremonies. Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was present at the funeral ceremony. Sassun Mkrtchyan was posthumously awarded the Republic of Armenia medal "For Military Services" by order No 32-Ա issued in 2016 by the President of Nagorno-Karabakh. On May 4, 2016 Sassun Mkrtchyan was posthumously awarded the Order of Military Cross, 1st degree by the decision of the president of the Republic of Armenia. During peacetime Sassun was awarded with merit certificates "Best soldier-serviceman" and "For high merits in the field of military readiness". On May 13, 2016 Sassun Mkrtchyan's name was included in the list of "Eternal Soldier" of the military unit #24923. On July 29, 2016 a memory plaque was installed in Talish military post in Nagorno-Karabakh. On September 1, 2016 a classroom with Sassun Mrtchyan's name was opened in Hayrapet Hayrapetyan basic school #78 in Yerevan. On March 7, 2017 a classroom with Sassun Mrtchyan's name was opened in Kakavadzor village school in Aragatsotn region, Armenia.։ One of the film series "Me or My Motherland" about fallen soldiers of the Four day war is devoted to Mkrtchyan. "The devoted: Sassun Mkrtchyan" is also dedicated to Mkrtchyan.