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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
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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5 c1 |0 E7 o& ]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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. s l0 x0 Q: OA 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.
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9 \9 a' E! [1 V# o6 L8 GSalovarov 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.' Q8 j Q, U# x
& e' [, T8 d: HMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.2 Z! L1 q$ p) D* R: C
# J: X. ^. ?& ]' mThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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