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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% r6 F) D0 L0 S
' P' f: y9 z$ K/ V" Y) X3 E2 Q( F117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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6 @' {: w4 \! T; ~8 `3 gMOSCOW – 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.1 F8 p( E9 N& b* D" N2 k. T) m
$ l) {. }# \2 x3 r3 |1 [# K: P, z) CA 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. k7 u# I) j. A, F5 M
9 k. {: X+ j$ x: ySalovarov 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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/ Y7 m* ^# r; G1 L- tMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy., q( A# A0 l+ C! d2 h
$ p! A, H" e5 C" |" fThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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