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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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9 x" ]! O: d# G# J8 c: \117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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! T" r3 K. q7 x' e) m, MMOSCOW – 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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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.9 P- K( b- a( L; r$ U1 l
4 X r/ C9 v& d% 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.6 c& I( H B# L
2 S6 t* t: c' k i7 tMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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