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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3 p- m$ c0 M9 z# i; a/ V3 t
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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% ^; F+ z4 ~/ kMOSCOW – 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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$ t/ U- p/ l6 o; B& uA 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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7 k9 J/ y/ Q2 Z4 |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.
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" Y; t+ f% U" [Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.& E% B' s5 M2 h R( K
) m, P Q9 _5 k6 oThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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