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Uma breve História da Abadia de Westminster
A Abadia de Westminster é a igreja de coroação desde 1066, aquando da coroação de Guilherme, o Conquistador. Também foi palco de inúmeros casamentos e funerais reais, assim como de celebrações e comemorações nacionais.
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Una breve historia de la Abadía de Westminster
Desde la coronación de Guillermo el Conquistador en 1066, la Abadía ha sido la iglesia de la Coronación. En ella también se han celebrado numerosas bodas y funerales reales, así como celebraciones nacionales y actos conmemorativos.
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New Collaboration to Reveal Secrets of Effigies
Wednesday, 3rd May 2017
The wax-work heads of naval hero Horatio Nelson and Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder, which are over two hundred years old, have been scanned using the world’s most advanced radiology technology in a new collaboration between Westminster Abbey, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London.
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James O‘Donnell honoured in New Year list
Monday, 2nd January 2023
Former Organist and Master of the Choristers James O’Donnell has been made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in The King’s first New Year’s Honours list.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Corpus Christi 2015
Thursday, 4th June 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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David Livingstone
Writer, Explorer, Physician and Doctor
David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, died at Ilala in the centre of Africa in May 1873. His grave is in the centre of the Nave.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2021
Sunday, 24th October 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2021: The story of blind Bartimaeus is moving one. The screen which faces the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor.
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Edward IV
Edward IV was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 28th June 1461. His queen Elizabeth Woodville was crowned in 1465. Their infant daughter Margaret has a small monument in St Edward's chapel.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2024
Sunday, 12th May 2024
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
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A podcast for Remembrance Sunday
Sunday, 8th November 2020
A special edition of Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, is released today to mark Remembrance Sunday.
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A podcast for The Parable of the Talents
Sunday, 15th November 2020
The Reverend Tricia Hillas, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons and a Priest Vicar of Westminster Abbey, reads for the latest edition Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, released today.
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A podcast for the Feast of Christ the King
Sunday, 22nd November 2020
A podcast for the Feast of Christ the King:
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A podcast for Advent Sunday
Sunday, 29th November 2020
Today’s episode of Abbeycast, A podcast for Advent Sunday, was recorded this week at the Abbey’s two Jesse Trees, made by the sculptor Benno Elkan (1877-1960), and representing scenes from the Old and New Testaments.
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The life of Dame Vera Lynn honoured at Abbey service
Monday, 21st March 2022
The life of Dame Vera Lynn honoured at Abbey service: A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Dame Vera Lynn was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday.
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William and Catherine Gladstone
Statesman
In 1903 a statue to William Gladstone, Prime Minister, was unveiled. A gravestone, to William and his wife Catherine, was put in after Catherine’s death.
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Queen Anne
Anne was crowned in the Abbey on 23rd April 1702. She is buried with her husband Prince George of Denmark in a vault in the Lady Chapel.
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Westminster Abbey Marks Srebrenica Anniversary
A Solemn Commemoration for Srebrenica Memorial Day was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday 6th July.
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Ann Oldfield
Actor
Ann Oldfield, celebrated actress of her day, was buried in the nave’s south aisle. It was unusual for actors to be buried within the church.
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Colin Williams
Philanthropist
Colin Williams (1942-2015) was an Abbey Honorary Steward (from 1992-2012) and a generous donor to the appeal for the restoration of Henry VII's chapel.
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Charles St Clare Bedford
Charles St Clare Bedford, Chapter Clerk at Westminster Abbey 1854-1900 and Coroner for the City of Westminster 1845-1888, is buried in the north cloister.