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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( _( K$ a- A; N% M( x4 {
3 Y- i$ B" k7 {0 \; [6 V9 y, P' |117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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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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" L8 P2 Z7 M9 X! _9 ~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.* I! | f* ] T' P% ^( a, h- K
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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.
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% g7 K+ Y5 G. R* ^* _5 C- QMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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