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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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1 M3 N8 Z1 ?2 p+ a/ z" {, Z, NMOSCOW – 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.9 Q7 Z* W0 z4 I8 z7 @
) W w3 o; O! 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., b/ F* P" e$ K, W
% P8 N: I* Y: [0 \. C0 z! m/ j: eSalovarov 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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Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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) x# s2 ]3 E8 o/ j7 ~The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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