 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
莫斯科基督徒喝圣水,117人(包括48名孩子)肚子痛入院治疗; c$ f5 P' D+ Z& a# ~6 Z
3 b1 z- I$ q) P7 @& \4 B117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water' D2 I. j8 e+ L4 i8 O
8 {+ i/ x# F$ T7 f. e9 n# p% d7 cMOSCOW – 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.
% g. V& ^, u7 }9 z4 n1 a7 Y5 |
2 L3 ~+ D) w+ q( s4 R+ yA 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.
/ J) G N( N3 w" c3 ^3 P
7 I$ \( O4 k6 \' Y- `+ x% c! sSalovarov 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./ H! W0 v' w. G2 D# ~
6 f% ^- z2 i X v2 }Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.8 b" ~; Q/ I w* D$ A. n
}; U6 O) I4 G
The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
|