Bulgaria celebrates Saturday  the country’s National Holiday, March 3rd and the 134 rd anniversary of its Liberation from five centuries of Ottoman dominance. Liberation Day is a public holiday in Bulgaria. Bulgaria celebrates a yearly celebration of its liberation from almost 500 years of Ottoman rule on the 3rd of March under the Treaty of San Stefano. The Treaty of San Stefano ended the Russo-Turkish War in 1877 and paved the way for the liberation of Bulgaria and once again establishes itself as a nation and successfully put the country back on ...