maybe i am getting on the wrong foot, because a factoid is a false statement repeated so often it becomes fact, which i assumed you insinuated as you outright denying a link between church and state in greece, but the matter i’m explaining is how religion is tied to ethnicity between balkan nations.

for a country like greece or serbia for instance, “greek” or “serbian” identity has unquestionably been tied to religious affiliation for centuries, expanding to even many aspects of modern day society when addressing immigrant/minority groups in the respective countries (i.e. to be truly Greek, is to be a Greek Orthodox), whereas for Albanians in places including Kosovo, identity and nationality is tied to linguistics and culture, religion itself being a byproduct of family legacy more than all else. i am roman catholic, and i would describe myself as still being albanian first, as do the wide majority of kosovar albanians, which is why i consider them to not be religious when coming down to daily affairs, as my religious background wouldn’t change anything about my status in an interaction i’d have with someone from kosovo. there’s a reason why the saying from poet Pashko Vasa “the only religion of Albanians is Albanianism” is quoted as such