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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# Q9 l3 D0 Z$ _8 B% C3 z
# B0 Q l* l1 d, M8 R, U117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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! `* g1 y3 R5 e6 WMOSCOW – 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.5 b; x1 D1 T) H5 G3 O8 x" p
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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.* R6 @) a; J8 X8 E3 Z2 N( Y
; C5 ^4 Y' q9 O9 bSalovarov 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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/ S+ `2 Z7 J: p& OMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.: M& H( ^3 a- h/ d
+ p# [1 G U$ z! Y- FThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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