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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/ i+ i% x# m% C0 O
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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.6 K: K6 D$ K2 c7 N
% Z. f A( C8 k/ b+ d9 hA 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.- [" u- a# E' \+ Z9 f5 T
6 ^. w8 l1 F0 J0 _5 ^Salovarov 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.
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2 D4 o9 D2 [# ^! h" p' g" }Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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: s- R% W0 n0 w5 r9 zThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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