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  • One People Oration 2006

    Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

    Speaker: Mr Tony Colman (former Chair, UK Parliament UN Group)

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2006

    Tuesday, 23rd May 2006

    It is a proper tribute to Charles Gore, Canon of Westminster, bishop successively of three dioceses, founder of the Community of the Resurrection and distinguished theologian, that a lecture should be named in his honour.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 21st July 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity: If we only have the courage to stop and look and listen... It may be a result of encroaching deafness, but.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2025

    Sunday, 6th April 2025

    ‘No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known’.

  • Order of the Bath

    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2023

    Wednesday, 1st November 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2023: God will wipe away every tear. Today's readings centre on the theme of  "Praising God and thanking Him for His love.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2018

    Sunday, 6th May 2018

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2018: It was once assumed that the internet would make our lives hyper-rational; but we’re constantly distracted, addicted, manipulated, and angry. When.

  • The Coronation Chair

    The Coronation Chair is one of the most famous pieces of furniture in the world. It has been the centrepiece of coronations for 700 years.

    Royalty Coronations

  • 21st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 11th May 2006

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th May 2006 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Wall paintings

    Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.

    Art Christianity

  • Where does wise leadership come from?

    In our parliamentary democracy, leaders are not only elected by the people, they are themselves drawn from the people.

  • 24th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 14th May 2009

    Delivered by The Reverend Professor Alister E. McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry & Education King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 14th May 2009.

  • 22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2007

    Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2018

    Tuesday, 27th February 2018

    Speaker: Professor Janet Soskice; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

    Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

  • Record series

    The Westminster Abbey Record Series is an occasional series of records, calendars, lists and indexes, intended to make the contents of the Abbey’s collections available.

  • Abbots & Deans

    List of Abbots of the monastery and Deans of the Collegiate Church.

  • The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)

    The Harrison & Harrison organ of Westminster Abbey was installed for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. With four manuals and eighty-four speaking stops.

  • Oil paintings

    Several interesting oil paintings hang within Westminster Abbey or form part of its decoration. Most have been presented to the Abbey.

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    Have a look at the job opportunities below. If you think there’s one that’s right for you, go ahead and apply.

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