hold . ▁The ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁said ▁that ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁question naire ▁it ▁gave ▁its ▁follow ers ▁during ▁two ▁Sunday ▁lit urg ies ▁in ▁urban ▁cent ers ▁such ▁as ▁D urr ë si , ▁Ber ati ▁and ▁Kor ça , ▁only ▁ 3 4 % ▁of ▁its ▁follow ers ▁were ▁actually ▁contact ed . ▁The ▁districts ▁of ▁L ush nja ▁and ▁F ieri ▁( com pr ising ▁the ▁historic ▁region ▁of ▁My ze q e ), ▁which ▁are ▁far ▁from ▁any ▁international ▁borders ▁and ▁have ▁an ▁over wh el ming ly ▁eth nic ▁Alban ian ▁population ▁( except ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁V la chs ▁and ▁Roma ), ▁were ▁histor ically ▁around ▁ 5 5 % ▁and ▁ 6 5 % ▁Orth odox ▁histor ically , ▁reported ▁figures ▁roughly ▁were ▁a ▁factor ▁of ▁five ▁times ▁lower . ▁This ▁caused ▁fur or ▁in ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁media , ▁with ▁an ▁Orth odox ▁Alban ian ▁politician ▁D rit an ▁Pr ift i ▁who ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁MP ▁for ▁the ▁My ze q e ▁region ▁saying ▁that ▁in ▁My ze q e ▁alone ▁there ▁should ▁be ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Orth odox ▁Alban ians - ▁a ▁bigger ▁number ▁than ▁reported ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁Alban ia ▁and ▁referred ▁to ▁fl uct u ating ▁census ▁numbers ▁regarding ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁community ▁as ▁being ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁" anti - Or th odox ▁ag enda " ▁in ▁Alban ia . ▁ ▁The ▁Alban ian ▁Catholic ▁B ish ops ▁Conference ▁also