Vasil Levski

Apostle of Freedom

A picture of Vasil Levski sitting. And a written quote next to him, that says: "For the Fatherland I am working Bayo. Tell me my mistakes and I will tell you yours so we can fix ourselves and walk as one." And a signature "V. Levski"

Here's a time line of Vasil Levski's life:

1837 - Born in the Sub-Balkan town of Karlovo, Bulgaria
1855 - Go's to Stara Zagora, and attends in school and works as Basil's servant
1858 - Became an Orthodox Monk in Sopot monastery
1959 - Promoted to Hierodeacon
1862 - Left for the Serbian capital Belgrade. Abandoning his service as a monk, Levski enlisted as a volunteer in the First Bulgarian Legion
1862 - The Bulgarian Legion was disbanded under Ottoman pressure. Levski joined Ilyo Voyvoda's detachment at Kragujevac.
1863 - Returned to Bulgarian lands after a brief stay in Romania.
1864 – Worked for 2 years as a teacher in Voynyagovo near Karlovo.
1866 – Became the standard-bearer of Panayou Hitov’s detachment of the Bulgarian diaspora community in Romania.
1868 – Departed from Bucharest to Bulgaria to put in action his concept of an internal revolutionary network.
1870 – Spend year and a half establishing a wide network of secret committees in Bulgarian cities and villages.
1872 – Arrested on the morning of 27 December.
1873 - Hanged at age of 35