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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
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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( [. M+ |* r2 Z8 j2 mMOSCOW – 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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/ L( P0 E* [- X! Z1 y/ Y/ T+ zA 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.9 T5 l; I6 M, \$ u5 l( n
$ k q8 w( ^* B% 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.
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; Q( M( q6 e) u) @! E: ^% l* W/ C, } LMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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, A# q: V$ @% E' P3 ^# WThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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