Sofia, July 18 (BTA) -  Events were held in many places across
the country marking the 184th birth anniversary of Bulgarian
revolutionary and national hero Vassil Levski. Dubbed the
Apostle of Freedom, Levski organized and led a revolutionary
movement to liberate Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule.

In a speech at a ceremony in front of Levski's monument in
Sofia's Boris Garden, Bulgarian scholar and writer Kiril Topalov
 said that Levski "signposted" the path the people of Bulgaria
followed, that his marks are as important as ever and have
proved time and again their eternal wisdom.

The military brass band played during the ceremony as many
people laid wreaths and flowers at Levski's monument. NV/ZH