National Day (Serbia) - February 15

The Holy Orthodox Church celebrates the Great Feast of the Meeting of their Lord in the Temple, little over two centuries ago in 1804, in Orasac, the hometown of The First Uprising, a meeting of Serbian leaders took place to determine their course of Independence and future Nationhood for the Serbian population. Exhorted by their forefathers and persuaded by their descendants, they chose among themselves the Leader Karageorge as their Supreme Leader, their first among equals.

The quest for national emancipation was first undertaken during the Serbian national revolution, in 1804 until 1815. The liberation war was followed by a period of formalization, negotiations and finally, the Constitutionalization, effectivelly ending the process in 1835. The Convention of Ackerman in 1826, the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829 and finally, the Hatt-i Sharif of 1830, recognized the suzerainty of Serbia with Miloš Obrenović I as its hereditary Prince. The struggle for liberty, a more modern society and a nation-state in Serbia won a victory under first constitution in the Balkans on 15 February 1835. It was replaced by a more conservative Constitution in 1838.

Source: Spc.rs, Wikipedia.org