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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+ m% b# o. H# R3 y
- M1 x' x4 o2 @117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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% l6 w2 B7 D0 h2 y5 ^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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A 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.) v F3 j( E, z' ?
2 F* c) m! h7 HSalovarov 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.& `* Q3 U( r: ?* g( F: r
+ b R1 T' D! g' b! A- y' }: u+ WMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy. r) z/ o q' x; H/ M
+ j7 s: z4 E8 G% U/ GThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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