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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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K: T3 ]8 j( p4 J9 G9 l Q117 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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7 n. B3 `4 ^2 y9 F- E# }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.' e9 R8 b B3 B! s) ?
( X. I6 W$ O' R) j `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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/ ?6 K4 G9 C* F" z, z2 c7 eMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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