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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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/ o; }) `( \ f! W4 _. B2 YA 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.% P$ P. t1 O g+ g( u2 N" l. [
$ }3 I0 i8 I, v- d5 FSalovarov 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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% ]6 \( R6 }6 w+ ]Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.$ n% ] K6 X$ l. n1 R6 z3 t
" ^4 @( U7 w5 R& oThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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