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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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% c, }+ [, B5 B) f* H8 sMOSCOW – 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. Y* Z8 Y* o9 a1 H& O, n# n9 E4 c
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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.% ]4 I( m) E8 z; u3 ?
) v1 m. p; B: p/ e/ n% \& ASalovarov 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.. U: }6 x- d. y2 K- ^
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Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.2 _9 w0 e2 t; h# g' j
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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