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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( v6 H" D$ l2 J+ s
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0 ]! N) b" ^. }% m( ^3 {6 BMOSCOW – 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 F; D7 F, P& ^2 H( T( }
! G6 m+ |: C/ Q4 J7 G' qA 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., [( ^8 O% W& @9 r$ a8 ]% q
' ? e2 @; W) R) mSalovarov 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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4 v. L7 o G* L/ ]6 X& r- _- cMany 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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