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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7 V# C% L8 I2 i( \" Z
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117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water4 x, A& B7 q7 @6 K& g8 E3 {
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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.3 p5 a& ~5 f% b0 n4 f+ ?
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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.
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8 {3 i8 Q4 O( r/ Z, `: mSalovarov 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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, h4 _! o" f) w" BMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy., t' n8 ?5 y n! j5 R
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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