Christian Web News - A total of 117 people Russian Orthodox believers, including 48 children, are in the hospital complaining of acute intestinal pain after drinking water from wells around a local church last week during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk.

Vladimir Salovarov, spokesman for the Irkutsk Investigative Committee says a total of 204 people required some medical treatment. Salovarov said is too early to say what caused the illness.

Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany, celebrated on Jan. 19, to be holy.
The water is typically bottled for consumption later due to the face that tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable.

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