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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' j' W! h/ i7 S2 I0 K
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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.5 f4 W5 W+ D- \. q3 f/ U
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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.( r( }8 d, f: p" k9 J+ i" j. z
/ J- |) T4 ~# H* {& g/ ], q7 sSalovarov 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.6 J& T' x, K4 _: h
$ r) L ~0 g* A* L4 G4 kThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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