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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" |- j* |2 S" P b6 p# N; h" ~
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water6 Q( y f) f8 ^+ j L6 w$ k9 i/ a7 T; r
9 c, w. p) A! sMOSCOW – 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.2 R) Z+ }4 P) @5 l2 r. w+ _
; ?6 [# M: A# z B% 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." Q+ d6 Z/ r0 A C; T
+ @+ U+ f8 z3 Q0 H$ K/ pSalovarov 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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' C1 \' n1 m, x( p' vMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.' o+ U% U s( X2 V5 X( ~! I; I
- Y, B) [7 g, W/ PThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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