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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7 C) p0 K- T3 O! }0 G
$ f/ L- P& |2 G# g6 ~117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water; E+ g1 m; `, Z- l8 e
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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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; t7 C) j }8 O6 F% V! H( | RA 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.
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1 l; X, [0 H* t& Q4 e xSalovarov 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./ Y. K8 m' p; Z0 X* S8 B* I2 U
% n1 V9 b. d7 E6 dMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy." u4 y" d7 n2 `+ R& r
( Q1 v9 E8 X) y, u! M8 [+ vThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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