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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4 v- C6 Q0 E+ d0 J4 I2 L0 k: d9 D/ B
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water1 T& @! j5 x: t, y/ R v
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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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5 D8 [9 [+ B+ `; iA 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., G7 R; n* U \& Q
" d1 j' c6 y) M4 X* ~7 n( \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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Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.1 Z# T, g( j1 G
* l6 O( f- I4 K' Y( IThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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