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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. r7 C7 }- |+ @; F
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1 h4 s# Y7 O9 i) I5 {. S* ^, S% XMOSCOW – 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.6 t4 A7 ?/ ^" Q. a
/ }& {- g( e5 c o' {& 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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* j8 \7 \6 v( H2 aSalovarov 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.( ^7 H' Z, K9 Q; z" t6 G
+ |; F7 a, _. j0 W5 A6 sMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.( i9 X% B% o Y/ R% {1 _8 R
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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