Serbs and Greeks were able to assimilate Albanians and erase their identity because of the Orthodox Church’s power. When Northern Albanians converted to Catholicism, it infuriated Serbs as it now meant that Albanians were no longer under their ethno-religious grasp...

This of course didn’t stop them as they would conquer and forcefully convert tens of thousands of Muslim and Catholic Albanians so as to assimilate them once again...

Southern Albanians who remained under the Greek church’s power suffered forced hellenization. This is evident with Arvanite and Orthodox Çam Albanians who were labeled as Greeks. Their Muslim brethren were labeled as Turko-Albanians and eventually eradicated or Expelled...

The formation of the Albanian Orthodox Church was a slap in the face to Greece. It meant that Albanians wouldn’t have to listen to sermons in Greek and Greek priests werent needed. Unfortunately, there is still influence from the Greek church as they attempt to dominate...

Orthodox Albanians in Macedonia face slavicization because of the church and gov’t, who view them as Macedonian. When an ethnic minority practices the same religion as the ethnic majority of a country, it becomes very easy to assimilate them through religious establishments...

Greek and Serb churches controlled census data and the lands around them. They worked hand in hand with ruling powers, who used them as tools to push anti-Albanian sentiment. They wrote down what was best for their agendas and were complicit in ethnic cleansing.