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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3 M5 d; v1 T I1 W# v
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1 ?6 }/ T7 q7 R7 NMOSCOW – 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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8 W7 c# i3 U# F# G, W/ ~/ _7 h( EA 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.3 j$ G& F: S$ i5 ?6 m
* I) O* T) g2 D, [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.
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/ g6 ^' z/ b) w, E+ |9 B/ R2 YMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy./ Q& Y6 W- `% `
. s! ~4 S+ \9 C$ mThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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