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莫斯科基督徒喝圣水,117人(包括48名孩子)肚子痛入院治疗
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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MOSCOW – More than 100 Russian Orthodox believers have been hospitalized after drinking holy water during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk, an official said Monday.
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2 H* @( _+ B5 {2 m( y4 XA total of 117 people, including 48 children, were in the hospital complaining of acute intestinal pain after drinking water from wells in and around a local church last week, said Vladimir Salovarov, a spokesman for the Irkutsk Investigative Committee.0 ^. v' Y' x* k! [ U7 k+ v
5 @5 ~/ P, r* Z3 U- ]0 f/ TSalovarov said 204 people required some medical treatment after consuming the water, the source of which was a stagnant lake. He said, however, that it was too early to say what caused the illness.) E2 d. {) J" Q
1 e& W/ C$ d% j) X$ a4 T, s, SMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.! ^; n5 @2 U* \( k9 S2 X& O, p
" D7 w, O; ^1 g- V- H% vThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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