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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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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water7 m) }6 n- z) z! }. l
$ U5 m- ]2 t5 R4 q* O* WMOSCOW – 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 B1 H9 f3 S) c! A! }- {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.
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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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' j7 U6 ?5 f) p1 A" o% KMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.1 z/ @! j) {) W& I
. ^. \. l/ ]3 @) d) {& V- `* bThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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