Running with nailed feet and dying in prayer
After Conon refuses to sacrifice, the governor has his feet nailed and forces him to run before the chariot to the marketplace where he dies.
After conferring with his councillors, the governor ordered nails to be set under the joints. He had the martyr's feet nailed and made him run ahead before his own chariot. Driven on under two whips, Conon answered nothing, but sang, "I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry (Psalms 40:1)."
When he came near the marketplace, blessed Conon fell to his knees, faint with exhaustion, and looked up to his own master and prayed, "Lord Jesus Christ, receive my soul and rescue me from the dogs that devour blood, and give me rest with all Your righteous ones who have done Your will. Yes, my God, King of the ages." When he had prayed these words and sealed himself, he immediately gave up his spirit.
The lawless governor, greatly amazed at the martyr's victory, rushed off on his own way. But blessed Conon was brought as an offering to God, the King of the ages, to whom be glory forever and ever, amen.
Greek
Σκεψάμενος μετὰ τῶν συνέδρων αὐτοῦ κελεύει ἥλους γενέσθαι ὑπὸ ἄρθρων καὶ καθηλώσας τοὺς πόδας τοῦ μάρτυρος ἐποίησεν ἔμπροσθεν προτρέχειν αὐτὸν τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐλαυνόμενος δυσὶν φραγελλίοις οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο, ἀλλ᾽ ἔψαλλεν λέγων· Ὑπομένων ὑπέμεινα τὸν κύριον, καὶ προσέσχεν μοι καὶ εἰσήκουσεν τῆς δεήσεώς μου. Ὡς δὲ ἐπλησίασεν τῷ ἐμπορίῳ θεὶς τὰ γόνατα ὀλιγοψυχῶν ἐκ τοῦ κόπου ὁ μακάριος Κόνων καὶ ἀναβλέψας πρὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ δεσπότην ἐπηύξατο λέγων· Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, δέξαι τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ῥῦσαί με ἀπὸ τῶν αἱμοβόρων κυνῶν καὶ ἀνάπαυσόν με μετὰ πάντων τῶν δικαίων σου τῶν πεποιηκότων τὸ θέλημά σου, ναί, ὁ θεός μου, βασιλεὺς τῶν αἰώνων. Καὶ ταῦτα εὐξάμενος καὶ σφραγίσας ἑαυτὸν εὐθέως ἀπέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα. Ὁ δὲ παράνομος ἡγεμών, πολλὰ καταπλαγεὶς ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ τοῦ μάρτυρος, ἐξώρμησεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον δρόμον. Ὁ δὲ μακάριος Κόνων προσφορὰ προσηνέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν αἰώνων Θεῷ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.