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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2025
Sunday, 16th November 2025
The world is on fire; we all see it.
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Sermon at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2018
Sunday, 27th May 2018
Sermon at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2018: It is God "that breathes fire into the equations of the universe." Next month, on Friday 15 June, a Service of Thanksgiving will take place here.
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Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019
Sunday, 21st April 2019
Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019: One of the most enduring images of this last week was the majestic golden altar cross seen glowing among the ashes of Notre Dame cathedral..
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Sermon at a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior
Wednesday, 11th November 2020
Come Holy Spirit and fill our hearts afresh with the fire of your love.
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One People Oration 2019
Monday, 21st October 2019
There are many churches and cathedrals in the world, some of which are more beautiful, more ancient, more glorious than Westminster Abbey.
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Abbey and Cathedral choirs join for Evensong
Friday, 21st September 2012
The choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral sang a joint Evensong at the Abbey on Thursday 20th September.
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History of Westminster Abbey
An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey houses tombs and memorials to kings and queens and the famous and the great.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017
Sunday, 25th June 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Address given at a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day
Wednesday, 25th April 2018
Address given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2019
Sunday, 21st April 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2019: Now we enter fully into the joy of the risen Lord. Many of us have journeyed in a particular way with Jesus Christ.
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Abbey in Wartime
On the outbreak of the second world war in 1939 many of the Abbey's treasures were evacuated for safety to country houses, such as Mentmore.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021
Tuesday, 29th June 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.
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Westminster Abbey takes part in Cathedrals at Night
Friday, 28th February 2020
The Abbey will be open from 4.30pm - 7.00pm (last entry at 6.00pm) as part of Cathedrals at Night, a project that will see all 42 Church of England cathedrals, as well as the cathedrals in Wales and the Isle of Man, open their doors free of charge.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2021
Sunday, 17th October 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster 2021: Building a Beloved Community with Living Stones I bring you greeting from the city that never sleeps,.
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Vestments and frontals
The Abbey uses many different vestments and altar hangings during the year.
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The terrible fire at Notre Dame
Tuesday, 16th April 2019
A statement from the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, on the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Benedictine monastery
The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.
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Sermon preach at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2024
Sunday, 3rd November 2024
'O may we soon again renew that song, And keep in tune with heaven.'
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Jerusalem Chamber
The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2016
Sunday, 24th January 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.
