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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, Y ^) t5 Z( j& G3 ]% b
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water1 F6 `- l0 e1 R. `! I( E. e; S
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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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5 E7 v9 i/ j" |5 mA 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.1 Q* E: w6 N# q
2 a# W5 m: K' ]0 q7 B) ]Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy. G- n) I+ T/ e% j" X3 ?
; z. A7 U# a0 I# i) T7 j# DThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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