Radio "Shabbat" - 531 AM radio in Israel, which keeps silence on Saturdays and only broadcasts in case of emergencies like natural disasters or declaration of war

Rasaphore (Greek "cassock-wearing") - rjassakandja - рясофор (it is the second stage in monasticism, after the noviate)

Retablo - retaabel - ретабло (a votive picture of sacred images painted on wooden panels behind altars, it's a hybrid of indigenous art, Catholic iconography and Spanish culture)

"Rice Christians" - "riisikristlased" - "рисовые христиане" (people in Asia, who had been "converted" by missionaries who used hospitals, material goods and other incentives to attract them to Christianity, but in fact never understood the true Gospel of the Bible)

The Roman Missal - the book which contains the greetings and prayers which the Catholics use at Mass, it first appeared in 1474 as the Missale Romanum, then, in 1570, following the Council of Trent, Pope Pius V issued an edition of the Missale that was to be used at Mass throughout the Western Church, last revised edition was published in 2002 (John Paul II)

St. Romanos the Melodist - Роман Сладкопевец (the greatest of all Byzantine composers, the patron saint of church singers in the Russian Orthodox church, his kontakia is the most well-known as a hymn, "My soul, my soul, why sleepest thou..." which is chanted as part of the service of the "Great Canon" of St. Andrew of Crete on the fifth Thursday of Great Lent)

"Russian milk" Ltd. - strongly Orthodox company - hiring staff is based on such Christian principles as 10 Commandments. Young mothers are encouraged to stay at home (they will get full salary up to 1 year), but abortion is not an option and might cost you a job! All company's several branches plan to built a small church on site)