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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7 n* ?+ M& P/ [+ `5 I# j6 P! @
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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, I% u" ~: _, A2 G3 {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., }: O0 V1 L$ A# P, u% e
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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., k- ?# H7 t; W) C u5 K% P. y
4 B1 |* h# \+ `. f" d3 I* wSalovarov 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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( E5 ?" W) g1 FMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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* H0 w9 O- Q7 \0 g' Z8 ^" GThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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