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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" i. x" r: e. K! g% ?6 _! Y
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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.# `6 u/ m5 Z- B' U: ]7 \4 c
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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.
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! U7 ?1 b$ w) F7 O+ DSalovarov 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.0 B: R- D B8 b4 ] M3 B, r( B( t
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Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy." N8 x- G/ J4 ]( U9 U0 y* B, O/ m
. ~% v. k. ~* l4 o( |" {1 GThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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