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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) H% W: }# v. e4 r# a) c, C
- a9 ]+ }* h$ W7 b2 m9 @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.$ q: \- u! {' o) a# x$ _
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A 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.! i& w- z4 ^9 p; H! g
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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.- \/ E6 ~: S6 |/ `! X
0 r+ p1 ?$ y7 W2 u3 BMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.( ^3 n2 g Q7 j/ ~3 S1 }7 g
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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