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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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) g$ j8 h$ v) Y! Z; Z0 Q7 }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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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., A3 N l6 g: F
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Salovarov 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.- ] _" r! n; B5 ]# Q
/ P& U0 @& Z; L$ W( }! f( T' oMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.
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% I8 O6 @* m; R" T" n4 rThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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