Yeah UK really doesn't understand the concept of separation of church and state AT all. We have bishops sitting in the House of Lords and most primary schools are nominally C of E it's only Catholic and Muslim schools that are designated "faith" schools. It's a very odd set-up for a country that tends to call itself secular.

My husband's the same, he's been baptised (Serbian Orthodox again) and we have an icon of his family's saint but he hasn't attended church since he was a kid. His mother is fairly religious though and I get the feeling that's contributed to it. Family saint days are interesting though as my family still celebrate ours despite not being religious and I think its another thing that for us at least feels cultural or at least connected to our roots.