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Music for Remembrance
To mark 100 years since the start of the Great War this recording explores remembrance, with Britten Sinfonia and soloists Christine Rice and Roderick Williams.
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Royal tombs
Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.
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Historic Abbey Service for Pope
Friday, 17th September 2010
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, attended a Service of Evening Prayer at Westminster Abbey on Friday 17th September 2010.
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Westminster Abbey Marks Auschwitz Anniversary
Monday, 2nd February 2015
A Service of Solemn Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1st February 2015.
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Special Service remembers Armenian Martyrs of 1915
Wednesday, 28th October 2015
HRH The Prince of Wales, His Excellency Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, attended a Special Service to celebrate the lives of the newly-sainted Armenian Martyrs of 1915 at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th October 2015.
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Inspectors praise Abbey Choir School
Friday, 22nd January 2016
Westminster Abbey Choir School has been given a glowing report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
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Her Majesty The Queen attends Abbey Somme Service
Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service and Vigil on the Eve of the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 30th June 2016.
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Annual Judges Service held at Abbey
Monday, 3rd October 2016
The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd October 2016.
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Abbey remembers the Fallen
Sunday, 11th November 2018
A Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 11th November 2018.
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The Queen attends The Commonwealth Day Service
Her Majesty The Queen attended The Commonwealth Service: A Celebration of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey on Monday 11th March 2019.
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St Edward icon dedicated
Monday, 21st October 2019
A new icon of St Edward the Confessor has been dedicated and placed in the shrine, the place of his burial, in Westminster Abbey.
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Abbey turns itself NHS blue for nurses’ tribute
Tuesday, 12th May 2020
Westminster Abbey turned itself NHS blue and invited in a clinical research nurse to help celebrate today’s 200th anniversary of the birthday of Florence Nightingale.
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Bishop Kobayashi reads for Abbey podcast
Saturday, 15th August 2020
The Bishop of Kobe, whose diocese includes Hiroshima, reads for a podcast to celebrate both VJ Day, and the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu remembered at Choral Evensong
Friday, 10th June 2022
A Choral Evensong with Thanksgiving for the life and work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was held in Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th June 2022.
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Archbishop Angaelos leads annual Day of Prayer 2023
Wednesday, 4th January 2023
His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London will lead the annual Day of Prayer at Westminster Abbey in St Margaret’s Church on Saturday 28th January.
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Sermon series: Noble Army of Martyrs
Sunday, 10th September 2023
Noble Army of Martyrs: Above the Abbey’s Great West Door stand ten statues to 20th-century Christian martyrs. This autumn, to mark the 25th anniversary of their installation, a sermon series.
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Creation art workshop: Rooted in History
Saturday, 17th August 2024
Join artist Luke Adam Hawker for an afternoon of drawing the trees and architecture of Westminster Abbey.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2019
Sunday, 7th April 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2019: Today is the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end Today we mark the beginning of Passiontide and it.
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Sermon at the Liturgy on Easter Day 2018
Sunday, 1st April 2018
Sermon at the Liturgy on Easter Day 2018: God raised Jesus of Nazareth from the dead and because of that, nothing in this world can ever be the last word for us..
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2010
Monday, 29th November 2010
A discussion chaired by Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian, Westminster Abbey with Ms Eithne D’Auria, Professor Norman Doe, Professor Mark Hill QC and Reverend Professor Aidan McGrath OFM