I wonder if you can help me understand I Cor 16 - why is Paul referring back 'all the Gentile churches' to them? Is that where their Line of Baptism begins, somehow? Who baptised Paul?

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. Likewise greet the church that is in their house. etc.

Also, I'm Autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox in England and a bit, well actually at lot, confused about the different Ukrainian Orthodox. Anything you can tell me gratefully received - found out recently that no-one wants to be in Holy Communion with us.... being unwanted is one thing, but in an argument with someone found out that we were despised by the other Orthodox.

St Paul the Apostle is also called the "Apostle to the Gentiles." Although trained in the strictest disciplines of the Judaism of his day, Paul was sent by Christ to establish local Churches throughout the then known world. He is the Patron of the local Church which is why he always appears on any Icon of Ukrainian or other national group of Saints. He is our Patron as such as well.

Sts. Priscilla and Aquila were non-Jewish converts to Christianity. St Paul's first European, non-Jewish convert was St Lydia. Through them, he greets all the Gentile i.e. non-Jewish Churches which he established for the most part.

In the Acts of the Apostles, 9:18, St Paul is said to have been immediately baptized following his miraculous cure from blindness by St Ananias. Almost certainly, he was baptized by Ananias as well.

There are three main Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, two Ukrainian and one that describes itself as "Ukrainian" but is actually the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate.

The Kyivan Patriarchate and the Autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church are on the road to eventual reunion and we will all pray for this to happen soon. As the Ukrainian Catholic Patriarch, Lubomyr Huzar, has said that the Ukrainian Catholic Church would be interested in becoming "part of the Undivided Ukrainian Orthodox Church," let's pray for that as well.

The Ukrainian Church has seceded from the Patriarchate of Moscow where it was placed uncanonically and illegally.

The canonical issues that need to be resolved will eventually be resolved. The fact that few want to be friends with an "uncanonical" Church is something that will change once the Ecumenical Patriarchate recognizes the united Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Moscow isn't really "looking forward" to that day, but we certainly are!