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    The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.

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    Brief service of psalms, readings from Holy Scripture, and prayers. Said from Monday to Saturday in St Faith’s Chapel. Entry via the Great West Door.

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    Service following the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer of psalms, readings from Holy Scripture, prayers, and a hymn sung by the congregation.

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    Thursday, 23rd May 2024

    Canon Paula Gooder gives the 2024 Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture, discussing truth telling and storytelling

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  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2016

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    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Lent 2020

    Sunday, 8th March 2020

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Lent 2020: The sin of detraction I begin with two short stories: Firstly, the senior civil servant who resigned last week, claiming that he was.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2022

    Sunday, 3rd April 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2022: Passion, as a term, has a deeper more ancient usage. Making our way through Lent, we arrive today at.

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    Sunday, 30th June 2024

    In the year 121 AD, the Emperor’s secretary completed what was to become a blockbuster.

  • 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.

  • 23rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 8th May 2008

    Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity, Chaplain and Fellow, New College Oxford and Canon Theologian, Salisbury Cathedral at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2008.

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    When the Abbey Choir is on leave, visiting choirs are welcomed, upholding the Abbey’s pattern of choral services.

  • Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures

    Eric Abbott was Dean of Westminster between 1959 and 1974. His friends set up a memorial trust to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality.

  • Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019

    Tuesday, 24th December 2019

    It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.

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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2024

    Sunday, 18th February 2024

    ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’

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  • Sermon at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 30th September 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: The Church mediates to all people, not least those who have been dealt the toughest cards. The contaminated blood scandal inquiry, which.

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