{"id":7205,"date":"2015-02-24T12:55:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T12:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:43:23","slug":"celebrate-with-rodina-on-march-3rd-the-liberation-day-of-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/celebrate-with-rodina-on-march-3rd-the-liberation-day-of-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Liberation Day of Bulgaria with RODINA on March 1st!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bulgarian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7206 alignright\" alt=\"bulgarian\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bulgarian.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a>This March, Bulgaria celebrates its <b>National Holiday<\/b>, marking the 137th anniversary of its liberation from five centuries of Ottoman rule.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the Bulgarian National Holiday, there will be <strong>a picnic<\/strong> to celebrate! The event will be hosted by RODINA, the Bulgarian American Culture Center in the Tampa Bay area:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday,\u00a0March 1, 2015<\/li>\n<li>at 12:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>Crisp Park, 3610 Poplar St. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33704<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All are welcome to join the festivities!<\/p>\n<p>This celebration was honored for the first time in 1880, on the occasion of the Enthronement of Russian Emperor Alexander the Second. In 1888, March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> became <b>Bulgaria&#8217;s Day of<\/b> <b>Liberation<\/b>, but it was not declared <b>National Holiday<\/b> until 1978.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the history of Bulgaria, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bulgaria-embassy.org\/History_of_Bulgaria.htm\">Bulgarian embassy in USA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this and other local Bulgarian events, please contact RODINA directly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chitalishterodina\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Phone: (813) 482-1599<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:p.garbeva@gmail.com\">p.garbeva@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This March, Bulgaria celebrates its National Holiday, marking the 137th anniversary of its liberation from five centuries of Ottoman rule. In honor of the Bulgarian National Holiday, there will be a picnic to celebrate! 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