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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" J3 x: W `+ \( t# \, f Q
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water1 Y* T: h9 C+ n0 g' S* R1 y
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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.
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7 l9 V- J! t; B* ~8 x5 sA 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.* q* C l. ^% [" s s
2 ^" F, l: ]( X) U' h; PMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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; l& G3 t" ?8 ~" f% Y) Q# RThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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